Dartford (The Gatehouse Record)

In the civil parish of Dartford.
In the historic county of Kent.
Modern Authority of Kent.
1974 county of Kent.
Medieval County of Kent.

Dartford has been described as a Uncertain although is doubtful that it was such.

There are no visible remains.

Comments

Unlikely to be the priory/palace as Leland's Kent notes predate the rebuilding of that site. Possibly a blockhouse. It is also possible that Leland was just referring to the royal docks and works already in existence here and at Woolwich, or to the known blockhouses at Gray's etc. built to protect these docks. A last alternative explanation is that this is actually a reference to Deptford Castle which Leland does not, otherwise, mention.

Sources of information, references and further reading

Further information may be available from the holder of the county Historic Environment Record.

Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
- Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p. 250
  Toulmin-Smith, Lucy (ed), 1909, The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 (London: Bell and Sons) Vol. 4 p. 47 online copy

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