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Monument Number 415608
Hob Uid: 415608
Location : Kent Tonbridge and Malling Aylesford
Grid Ref : TQ7232058820
Summary : Site of manor house and moat associated with the earliest foundation of the Carmelite Friary at Aylesford.
More information : [TQ 7232 5882] The first friary consisted of wooden huts separated in acordance with the Carmelites cenobitic custom, and a humble chapel, enclosed within a moat to the west of the existing remains. The eastern arm of the moat was filled in when the curia or outer court of the friary was built in the mid 13th century. (1) The rectangular moat must have contained the Manor House - probably a modest, timber house, presented to the friars by Richard de Grey. (2) The first hermitage was bounded by the river on one side and a moat. The area is now covered by a spinney and by part of the outer court of the friary. The eastern arm of the moat was filled in at an earlier date. (3) All traces of the moat have vanished. There is a kitchen garden over the site. (4) Checked and correct. (5) [TQ 7235 5885] The Friars [NAT] and remains of [NAT] Friary [NR] (Carmelite first founded 1241) [NAT] (6) Additional bibliography. (7-8)

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Source details : Arch Cant 63 1950 50 (H Braun)
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Source details : Country Life 54 1923 570 (M Conway)
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Source details : Monastic Sites from the Air 1952 280 (Knowles and St Joseph)
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Source details : F1 ASP 20.05.59
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Source details : F2 ASP 03.03.64
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Source details : OS 1:10000 1974
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Source details : Trans Battle Hist Soc pt 5 1956 25-6
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Source details : Lon & Middx AS NL No 18 Jan 1973 2-3
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Manor House, Moat
Evidence : Documentary Evidence, Sub Surface Deposit

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TQ 75 NW 98
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1959-05-20
End Date : 1959-05-20

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1964-03-03
End Date : 1964-03-03

Associated Activities :
Activity type : WATCHING BRIEF
Start Date : 1994-01-01
End Date : 1994-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 415608