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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 86 NE 23
Type of record:Monument
Name:Medieval moat, manor (site of), deer park, Great Norwood Farm, Bobbing

Summary

Site of a medieval moated manor house and deer park. No visible remains of the park or house now present.


Grid Reference:TQ 8758 6618
Map Sheet:TQ86NE
Parish:BOBBING, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

Protected Status:Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Medieval moat, manor (site of), deer park. The moat is part water filled but generally in poor condition.

Full description

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[Centred at TQ 87566618] Moat [NR] (1) Stephen, son of Jordan de Shepey, who lived in the reigns of Richard I and John, obtained a grant of the manor of Norword and built himself a moated mansion which he encompassed with a deer park. Before his death he gave two acres in Northwode for the building of a chapel. (2) Great Norwood Homestead moat remains around the farmhouse and buildings. (3) Homestead moat, part water filled but generally in poor condition. No trace of the park was found. Published 25" survey revised. (4) TQ 875663 Moated site at Great Norwood, Bobbing, listed in the county checklist for moated sites in Kent - December 1979. (5)


<1> OS 6" 1908 (OS Card Reference). SKE48323.

<2> Hist of Kent vol II 1782 624 (E Hasted) (OS Card Reference). SKE44018.

<3> VCH Kent vol 1 1908 428 (I C Gould) (OS Card Reference). SKE51201.

<4> F1 CFW 10-JUL-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42513.

<5> Moated Site Res Gp Rpt 6 1979 46 (ed C J Bond) (OS Card Reference). SKE47236.

<6> Field report for monument TQ 86 NE 23 - July, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4542.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1908.
<2>OS Card Reference: Hist of Kent vol II 1782 624 (E Hasted).
<3>OS Card Reference: VCH Kent vol 1 1908 428 (I C Gould).
<4>OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 10-JUL-63.
<5>OS Card Reference: Moated Site Res Gp Rpt 6 1979 46 (ed C J Bond).
<6>XYBibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 86 NE 23 - July, 1963. [Mapped feature: #29577 moated site, ]