Aylesford Church

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; St Peter's Church

In the civil parish of Aylesford.
In the historic county of Kent (Modern Authority of Kent, 1974 county of Kent).

Church Tower has been identified as a former Norman keep but is rejected by King as always a Church Tower. Listed by Harvey as a castle with no remains so possible a castle was here. Leland includes Aylesford in a list of places in Kent with castles. Aylesford is a significant crossing of the Medway and most other crossing points of the river have a castle.

This site has been described as a;
Masonry Castle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Questionable.
Uncertain remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TQ72945902

Modern Map from Good for landscape form and features	Modern Map from Good for general location
Air Photo from	1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 415400

• Web site links
  • http://www.aylesford-church.org.uk/
• Books
  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p238 [reject]
    Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
    Ditchfield and Clinch, 1907, Memorials of Old Kent (London) p329
• Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
  • Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p250