Ford Archbishops Palace

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Ford Manor Farmhouse

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

This building incorporates part of the late mediaeval gatehouse of the Palace of the Archbishops of Canterbury. Most of the Palace was demolished in 1658. The existing building incorporates a wing of C15 date but was refronted in red brick in C18. On low-lying ground beside the stream, there is a sub-rectangular piece of raised ground enclosed on three sides by a shallow depression which bears a superficial resemblance to a homestead moat.

This site has been described as a;
Palace.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.

This site is a Grade 2 listed building protected by law*. (Images of England number 171206)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TR20626574

Modern Map from

Good for landscape form and features

Modern Map from

Good for general location

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1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 467104

Books

Emery, Anthony, 2006, Greater Medieval Houses Vol3 (Cambridge) p320-25, 339-40
Thompson, M.W., 1998, Medieval bishops' houses in England and Wales (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing) p171
McIntosh, K. and Gough, H.E. (eds), 1984, Hoath and Herne p36-40

Journal Articles

Gough, H. 2001, Archaeologia Cantiana Vol121 p251-68
Gough, H.E., 1964, Archaeologia Cantiana Vol79 p205-6
Bennett, B.J., 1933, Archaeologia Cantiana Vol45 p168-173
1904, Archaeologia Cantiana Vol26 p119-132

Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)

Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p255

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*The listed building may not be the actual medieval building, but a building on the site of, or incorporating fragments of, the described site.

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