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Hertfordshire HER
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| HHER Number: | 2085 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | POSSIBLE SITE OF RENNESLEY MANOR, RENNESLEY GARDEN WOOD, THUNDRIDGE |
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Summary
Possible medieval manorial centre, or part of a post-medieval garden
Monument Types
- MANOR HOUSE? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1500 AD)
- GARDEN? (Post Medieval - 1501 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status
- SHINE: MEDIEVAL AND POSSIBLY EARLIER SETTLEMENT, RENNESLEY GARDEN WOOD, WADESMILL
Full description
The manor of Rennesley is first documented in a mid 13th century grant <2>. The small wooded enclosure on the north of the moated mound [46] is called Rennesley Gardens and in the 14th century the place was known as the manor of Rennesley <1>.
The association of the wood, already shown on the 1880 OS map <3> as Rennesley Garden Wood, and the site of a medieval manor house has not been established. There are said to earthworks within the Wood (which is designated ancient woodland), but see also [46], south of the Wood, for more earthworks. These may all or in part represent post-medieval designed gardens which could have included [46].
<1> Aylott, G, 1906, Earthworks at Temple Chelsing and Rennesley; Trans East Herts Archaeol Soc 3/2, 133-4 (Article in serial). SHT4211.
<2> Page, W (ed.), 1912, VCH Hertfordshire vol.3, - p360 (Bibliographic reference). SHT2329.
<3> OS 25 inch map, 1st edition, 1880 (Cartographic material). SHT8116.
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Article in serial: Aylott, G. 1906. Earthworks at Temple Chelsing and Rennesley; Trans East Herts Archaeol Soc 3/2, 133-4. |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: Page, W (ed.). 1912. VCH Hertfordshire vol.3. - p360. |
| <3> | Cartographic material: OS 25 inch map, 1st edition. 1880. |
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