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Dartford Palace
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Dartford Priory
In the civil parish of Dartford.
In the historic county of Kent (Modern Authority of Kent, 1974 county of Kent).
Dominican Nunnery founded 1349, dissolved 1539, refounded 1558 until 1559. Dartford Priory stood on the site of Hall's Engineering Works. It was founded by Edward III about 1349 in the buildings of a former royal palace. New buildings had been erected by 1356. The priory was suppressed in 1538 and the buildings converted into a royal house which was at first occupied by Henry VIII, then granted to Anne of Cleves by Edward VI, later used by Queen Elizabeth but alienated by James I. The principal remains of this house consist of the Gatehouse which was built by Henry VIII between 1541 and 1545. It was reoccupied by the nuns between 1557-8. It was subsequently used as a farmhouse until taken over by Hall's Works. Six friars were attached to the nunnery in 1356, and the prior and friars are recorded in 1373. Three friars were documented there in 1535. The remains, all now within Hall's Works, include the Tudor gatehouse incorporated in the Royal manor house circa 1543, and the precinct wall remains.
This site has been described as a;
Palace.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Nothing visible remains.
This site is a
Grade 2* listed
building protected by law*. (Images
of England number 172127)
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TQ540746
PastScape number;
411240
Books
- Thurley, Simon, 1993, The Royal Palaces of Tudor England (Yale University Press) p50, 57, 58, 119, 151, 156, 161
Journal Articles
- 1981, Moated Sites Research Group report Vol8 p14
1973, Archaeologia Cantiana Vol88 p215-6
1973, Kent archaeological review Vol34 p113-4
Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
Other sources and unpublished works (Theses, in-house reports and other such)
- Thurley, Simon, 1991, English Royal Palaces, 1450-1550 (unpub PhD thesis; London) p247-55
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