Date

Topic

Location

Source

Prehistoric

Barrow

Newlands Farm, Norton

Prehistoric

Field Systems

Teynham Park (Roper Estate)

Teynham Hundred Book (THB)

Late Iron Age

Ditches in Lynsted Village

Stedlyn Site

Excavation Report

Roman Britain

Watling Street (Often called Greenstreet after the Family of that name)

Teynham/Lynsted Parish Boundary

Roman Britain?

Stoney Path

off Cambridge Lane

597

Aethelberht I (560-616), King of Kent

Gave dwelling in Canterbury to missionaries to Kent, from Pope Gregory I.

Enc. Britannica

1205

Hubert Walter - Archbishop of Canterbury

Dies in Teynham

Mediaeval

Barge traffic of goods to London (and smuggling)

Conyer Creek

1229

Lynsted Church given to archdeacon Simon Langton. Mentioned as “Chapel of Teynham” in the Archbishop’s “Black Book”. Dedicated to St Peter and St Paul

Lynsted

THB

1252

Kingsdown Church first built

Kingsdown

THB (quoting Harris’s History of Kent

1313

First recorded rector of Kingsdown Church

Kingsdown

Redundant Churches Fund Booklet, May 1991

1381

Watt Tyler’s Rebellion - area included in retribution because of local support

Teynham

14th Century

Kingsdown Church Bell made - still in modern church

Kingsdown

RCFB 1991

Early 14th C.

Lynsted Church tower built

Lynsted

THB

14th, 15th, 16th Centuries

Greenstreet Family recorded

Lynsted (Claxfield to Cellar Hill)

THB

14th-15th C.

Bogylls Family recorded

1327

32 Names shown - Parish described as well cultivated (agricultural)

Lynsted Parish

THB - quoting 1327 Subsidy Roll

c. 1440

Thomas de Apuldorfield seat recorded (Arms at Lenham)

Lynsted

Ancient Funeral Monuments, 1631

15th Century

Lynsted Court (or Sewards)

Lynsted

Medieval Houses of Kent

c.1520

Tudor Cottage built - illustration

Cellar Hill, Lynsted

Original research by current owner

16th Century

Weyman Family recorded

Cellar Hill, Lynsted

16th Century

Peter Motte recorded

Beaugill and Bumpette, Lynsted

16th Century

Anchor House - partially rebuilt after wartime damage in August 1940

Lynsted

THB

16th Century

The Vicarage (19th C. white-painted wings were added)

Lynsted

THB

1600’s - 1700’s

Defining group of houses built below the churchyard - southern edge marked by the old Post Office set opposite Forge Cottage, and Anchor House

Lynsted

THB

1599

Christopher Roper built the Manor House (named it “Logge” - Lodge) in the Park, which he enclosed. Replacing the old Bedmangore Manor House (he deemed “too small”)

Lynsted

THB

1649 Manor Roll

“Mussons” recorded - previously the butcher’s shop and house

Greenstreet, Lynsted

THB

1616

Sir John Roper created Lord of the Manor of Teynham by James I. Mausoleum in Lynsted Church

Teynham

THB

1663

Henry Eve became vicar of Teynham, Linsted, Midley and Buckland.

Lived in Sundries, Lynsted

Selby

1671

“White Swan” (former) brew-house recorded

Greenstreet, Lynsted

THB

1679

“The George Inn” recorded

Greenstreet, Lynsted

THB

17th Century

“Black Lion” recorded - standing adjacent to the churchyard

Lynsted

THB

17th Century

Berkley House (Mill) - refronted in 19th Century

Lynsted

THB

1723 Act

Workhouse established

Bumpits, Lyn Valley, Lynsted

THB

1752

“The Dover Castle” sold by the Lord of the Manor to Samuel Shepherd (of Faversham)

Greenstreet, Lynsted

THB

1790

Painting of Lynsted Church

Lynsted

Donated by
“Mr Sales”

1824 - 1985

The Times - transcriptions can be found for this period

Lynsted

The Times

25th January 1858

Railways - Chatham to Faversham line opened

Teynham

Several texts, visit the Faversham Society Bookshop

1864 (started)

Kingsdown Church (Edward Welby Pugin, 1834-75) on original site and Parsonage House (designed by William Burn)

Kingsdown

RCFB 1991

1860’s

Aymers country house built

Lynsted

THB

1878

Village School built

Lynsted

THB

1914-1918

Lynsted War Memorial

Lynsted

1945 “postwar”

St. Peters Place built as ‘in fill’

Lynsted

THB

1959

Map: Note the Motorway alignment

Lynsted

OS

20th Century

Methodist Church

Lynsted Lane