RICHARD’S TENTERDEN STREET NAMES GROUP “STUFF”

Streets in North East Tenterden

This is a list of the streets in North East Tenterden - the triangle formed between Ashford Road up to but not including Mill Lane and Oaks Road/ East Hill; Woodchurch Road up to Knockwood Road. These roads form an inverted letter “A” with Beacon Oak Road acting as the bar to the “A”.

Street list


Num. 1, RP 2, Name: Adams Close.
Num. 2, RP 3, Name: Admirals Walk.
Num. 3, RP 6, Name: Ashford Road.
Num. 4, RP 9, Name: Beachy Path.
Num. 5, RP 10, Name: Beacon Oak Road .
Num. 6, RP 11, Name: Beacon Walk.
Num. 7, RP -, Name: Clay Hill.
Num. 8, RP 39, Name: Craythorne.
Num. 9, RP 43, Name: Danemore.
Num. 10, RP 46, Name: East Cross.
Num. 11, RP -, Name: East Cross Left.
Num. 12, RP -, Name: East Cross Right.
Num. 13, RP 47, Name: East Hill.
Num. 14, RP 48, Name: East Weald Drive.
Num. 15, RP 49, Name: Eastgate Road.
Num. 16, RP 52, Name: Elmfield.
Num. 17, RP 58, Name: Golden Square.
Num. 18, RP 59, Name: Goldsmith Court.
Num. 19, RP 63, Name: Green Hedges.
Num. 20, RP 66, Name: Hales Close.
Num. 21, RP 67, Name: Hales Court.
Num. 22, RP -, Name: Jacob’s Ladder.
Num. 23, RP 87, Name: Limes Hill.
Num. 24, RP 93, Name: Martins Close.
Num. 25, RP 99, Name: Mount Pleasant.
Num. 26, RP 103, Name: Oaks Road.
Num. 27, RP 120, Name: Roethorne Gardens.
Num. 28, RP 124, Name: Rothley Close.
Num. 29, RP 125, Name: Sandy Lane.
Num. 30, RP 138, Name: Stace Close.
Num. 31, RP 140, Name: Summer Close.
Num. 32, RP -, Name: The Croft.
Num. 33, RP 53, Name: The Fairings.
Num. 34, RP 148, Name: Vineys Gardens.
Num. 35, RP 158, Name: Woodchurch Road.

Num. 1, RP 2, Name: Adams Close

Location: On the East side of Ashford Road between Beacon Oak Road and Mill Lane.

Status: Public.

Street Sign: Y.

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Date: Between 1965 and 1967

Name Source: Named in honour of Mrs Edith A. Adams, in 1928 the second lady to be elected a member of Tenterden Borough Council (the first was Miss M K Winser, in 1927) and the first lady to be elected mayor of Tenterden Borough (1937 and 1938). Before the Second World War, Mrs Adams (1885–1975) was a strong campaigner for a secondary school in Tenterden and when Homewood became available in 1947 she was largely responsible for persuading Kent Education Committee to acquire the estate as a secondary school. She became the first chairman of the school Governors when the school fully opened in 1949, a post she held until retirement in 1966. In April 1960 she was made a Freeman of the Borough of Tenterden.

Reference: Named after Mrs Edith Adams the first lady mayor of Tenterden (1937 and 1938) and the second lady to be a member of the Borough Council to which she was elected in 1928 (Miss M K Winser, elected in 1927, being the first lady councillor). Mrs Adams came to the town in 1906 after marrying, in Faversham, Charles Adams, of Messrs Lewis and Hylands (1904-1944), Drapers and Furnishers at 68 and 70 High Street. She was a strong campaigner for a secondary school in Tenterden before the Second World War, the proposed site of which was going to be in the two fields on the left hand side of the Appledore Road beyond the second opening to Shrubcote. When Homewood became available in 1947, Mrs Adams was largely responsible for getting the Kent Education Committee to acquire Homewood as a secondary school and became the first Chairman of Governors when it opened in 1949 and held the post until she retired in 1966. In April 1960 she was made a Freeman of the Borough. She died in March 1975, aged 90. The Homewood School choir was at her funeral and the school closed for a half day in her memory. 2.

Reference: On 1974 Tenterden Street Plan TaH74.

Reference: Edith Alma Adams, Mayor 1939, Alderman, Homewood School Governor, JP. Many details in “Tenterden At War” FB001.

Reference: between 1965 and 1967 JW.

Reference: Named after Mrs Edith Alma Adams, elected to Tenterden Council in November 1928, and was both the first female Mayor in Tenterden’s history and, the second lady to be elected to the Council. Mayor in 1937 and 1938 she was largely responsible for getting Kent Education Committee to acquire Homewood House as a secondary school and she became the first Chair of Governors there in 1949. She held that post until she retired in 1966 and died in March 1975 at her home in the High Street. In April 1960 she was made a Freeman of the Borough and retired from the Town Council in April 1962.
Adams Close was built in the 1960’s. CY.

The correct mayoral dates are 1937-38 - see Tenterden Town Council’s list of mayorsmayors (www.tenterdentowncouncil.gov.uk/en/page/town-council-history).

Num. 2, RP 3, Name: Admirals Walk

Location: On the South side of Homewood Road

Status: Public.

Street Sign: Y.

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Date: 1980

Name Source: 28 March 2021 Named after Admiral Sir Charles Drury (see Drury Road and Homewood Road), Admirals Walk dates from 1980. Admiral Drury is one of two people to give their name to two Tenterden streets (the other is Major Leslie Chalk).

Reference: Admirals Walk leads to Viney’s Garden 2.

Reference: Homewood House was built by James Haffenden in 1766 and from 1875 was a school until 1910 when Admiral Sir Charles Carter Drury purchased the property as his retirement home. Sir Charles was born in New Brunswick, Canada in 1846, joined the Royal Navy in 1859 (aged 12 years) and held many important commands around the world before becoming an Admiral in 1908. He retired in 1910 and the following year he and his wife came to Tenterden. Sir Charles became a member of Tenterden Borough Council on 1 November 1913 and a week later was chosen as Mayor. He died from an apoplectic seizure on 18 May 1914 and was buried in Tenterden Cemetery. 1.

Reference: Admiral Drury’s funeral attracted a great deal of attention and photographs and cards exist of the funeral procession showing the bier being pulled by a contingent of Sea Cadets as befitted a man who had spent over 52 years in the Royal Navy, which he had joined when only 12 years of age. 2.

Reference: Not on 1974 Tenterden Street Plan TaH74.

Reference: 1980 JW.

Reference: His wife, Frances Ellen, died on 22 February, 1900, at her father’s home, Beckett, Shrivenham, Berkshire. His second wife, Lady Amy Gertrude Drury passed away in her sleep on 27 December, 1953 at the age of ninety. dread.

Reference: Named after Admiral Sir Charles Drury GC, VO, KCB, KCSI, owner of Homewood House who died whilst Mayor of Tenterden on 18th May 1914. He was the husband of Lady Drury who later sold Homewood House in 1947 to become a secondary school.
Build date estimated as the 1970’s. CY.

Num. 3, RP 6, Name: Ashford Road

Location: The A28 from East Cross running North East and then North to St Michaels and on through High Halden.

Status: Public.

Street Sign: Y.

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Name Source: Ashford Road is the name for the A28 travelling in a North Easterly direction and then North from East Cross. Ashford did not reach its current importance until the arrival of the railways so this could quite easily have been called the Biddenden Road, the road to Biddenden having been part of the Tenterden Turnpike Trust.

Reference: 18/03/2021 Named pre-1871 in the tradition that roads to other centres of population are named after the nearest main destination. The road now forms part of the A28 but was originally a military road constructed from Tenterden to Ashford between the years 1798-1802, replacing an earlier poor-quality medieval road, at a cost of £3,300. Many different regiments were engaged in the work, including the 1st West Yorkshires. The military, in response to the potential French invasion threat, had decided that the link road from Tenterden to Ashford needed dramatic improvement to ease troop movements. It was immediately a Turnpike Road and a new gate was erected at Boresisle (later St. Michaels) at that time. Former name derived from.... 5.

Reference: 18 March 2021 In that year [1798] it was decided to improve the communications between Tenterden and Ashford. Turnpike roads already existed between Tenterden and New Romney and Hythe, and from Lydd and New Romney to Ashford via Brenzett, but the third side of the triangle from Tenterden to Ashford consisted of a maze of narrow lanes connecting the villages of High Halden, Bethersden and Great Chart. The new military road which straightened some part of the maze, particularly around Bethersden and Great Chart, and improved the condition of the rest, was built between 25th June 1798 and 1st November 1802, under the supervision of Brigadier General James Taylor, by a succession of regiments, mostly militia, but including the 9th Regiment of Foot (East Norfolks) and the 2nd Battalion of the 52nd Regiment of Foot (Oxfordshire), helped by the transport of the Royal Artillery. £400 was paid to the Trustees of the Tenterden Road for “extra assistance towards compleating the road”, and the total cost amounted to £3225 4s 11½d. TF1000Y.

The Military work would have been on the Bethersden Turnpike - the roads at Bethersden were notorious for their poor quality. The Bethersden Turnpike trust was formed in 1767. It is surprising that the Boresile turnpike dates from about 1800 and not the 1760s when both the Tenterden (and its Biddenden branch) and Bethersden Turnpike Trusts were formed.

Num. 4, RP 9, Name: Beachy Path

Location: The path/ road joining Ashford Road to Golden Square. The Ashford Road end is now part of Rothley Close. 17/03/2021 Public footpath AB15 runs from Ashford Road through Rothley Close and along Beachy Gardens to Golden Square.

Status: Public.

Street Sign: Y.

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Date: Pre 1976

Name Source: Beachy Path is the old footpath linking Ashford Road and Golden Square, now Public Footpath AB15. The Ashford Road end is now part of Rothley Close. It is named after the Beach family who owned Beachy Farm. Four cottages alongside the path were for workers on the farm. Between the First and Second World Wars Tenterden Borough Council built four pairs of semi-detached houses here. Unusually all these houses are numbered 1 to 12 with number 1 at the head of the cul-de-sac. Until 1974 Tenterden Borough Council’s highways depot was based here on the site of the old Tenterden Carriage Works.

Reference: Beachy path was in fact owned by the Beach family, the cottages were for farm workers. The farm was called Beachy farm. This information was given to me by my godfather Ewie Harris who’s father worked on the cottages. The Beach family later moved to Bell’s lane and lived in the last house at the start of six fields and owned some of the land....The farm house was on the right going up Beachy Path and there was an orchard of Bramley cooking apples. FB002.

Reference: The public path called Beachy Path ran from Ashford Road to Oaks Road. Between the First and Second World Wars the Borough Council built groups of houses in various locations. These included Boresisle [Ashford Road], Castweazle [Rolvenden Road] and Danemore [Nos. 1 to 8] in Beachy Path before 1928. Unusually they are numbered from No. 1 at the head of the cul de sac to No 8 nearer to Oaks Road. The four older houses [Field Cottages] nearest to Oaks Road are numbered 9 to 12. The current post code listing shows 1 to 8 Danemore, Beachy Path JW.

Reference: Behind Golden Square is Beachy Path, leading through to the Ashford Road, and Danemore, to a modern group of flats and bungalows for the elderly, on the site of the old Tenterden Carriage Works, which until 1974 had for many years housed the Tenterden Borough Council’s highways depot. TTG page(s) 45.

Num. 5, RP 10, Name: Beacon Oak Road
Beacon Oak Lane on the 1886 6" OS map

Location: Part of the B2080.

Status: .

Street Sign: Y.

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Name Source: 29 March 2021 Beacon Oak Road is another of Tenterden’s ancient roads, leading from the Ashford Road to the junction with Appledore Road and East Hill. The Hundred Pound was at this junction from 1848, when the Corporation sold the existing Manor Pound in the High Street for this Pound and a new shed for the manual fire engine. The name probably derives from the Beacon Oak Field opposite the Northern junction which is shown on John Adam’s 1822 map of Tenterden and on the 1843 Tithe map. Until the early 1900s it was known as Beacon Oak Lane, the housing development on the West side coinciding with the change of name. Until the 1960s the section between the Woodchurch Road and East Hill junctions was known as Limes Hill.

Reference: John Adam’s 1822 map of Tenterden shows Beacon Oak [field] where Beacon Oak Road joins Ashford Road. (This is the top end of St Benets Way). map1822.

Reference: Before the present houses were built, was once the site of the town pound 1.

Reference: The OS maps show Beacon Oak Road only extending as far as the Woodchurch Road/ Golden Square junction. See Limes Hill. OSmaps.

Reference: Beacon Oak Field is indicated on the Tithe map of 1843 as being located to the West of the Ashford Road / Beacon Oak Road junction, which is presumably the origin of the name of this road. Both the 1871 and 1896 O S maps show the length of road as from Ashford Road to Woodchurch as Beacon Oak Lane. By 1908 it had changed to Beacon Oak Road.
The section between Woodchurch Road and East Hill was previously called Limes Hill. Shows as such on 1908 O S map. JW.

Reference: 29 March 2021 The gardens of the neighbouring cottages [to Borough Place in the High Street], one of which still has its seventeenth century door of 12 panels, were formerly the Manor Pound, which was sold by the Corporation in 1948 in return for a new Pound at Beacon Oak on the road to Ashford, and a new shed for the manual fire engine. TTG page(s) 34.

Num. 6, RP 11, Name: Beacon Walk

Location: Beacon Walk is the Northern extension of Craythorne off Beacon Oak Road.

Status: Public.

Street Sign: Y.

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Date: 1978

Name Source: Beacon Walk is the Northern extension of Craythorne off Beacon Oak Road and dates from 1978.

Reference: Not on 1974 Tenterden Street Plan TaH74.

Reference: On 1986 Tenterden Street Plan TaPH.

Reference: 1978 JW.

Num. 7, RP -, Name: Clay Hill

Location: The Woodchurch Road near Tenterden Golf Club

Status: Not a Registered Street Name.

Street Sign: Not checked.

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Name Source: Whilst not a registered street name, records of the stretch of Woodchurch Road roughly opposite Tenterden Golf Club being called Clay Hill stretch back to the 1560s.

Reference: The name of the steep hill on the Woodchurch Road leading out of Tenterden to Tenterden Golf Club, mentioned in a will dated 1560 TaDG36.

Reference: The ancient track along the northern edge of Romney Marsh through Woodchurch climbed onto the High Weald up Clay Hill TaHC.

Reference: On 1974 Tenterden Street Plan TaH74.

Num. 8, RP 39, Name: Craythorne

Location: Off Beacon Oak Road

Status: Public.

Street Sign: Y.

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The 1947 OS map shows the entrance off Beacon Oak Road but none of the parallel infill.

Date: Pre 1961

Name Source: Craythorne House, built about 1780, is the large white house on the North East corner of the junction of Beacon Oak Road and Woodchurch Road. Its estate stretched along the East side of Beacon Oak Road. Craythorne, the road, lies in what was an orchard on the estate. The initial short cul-de-sac appears on the 1947 OS map with the rest of the development complete by 1961. Beacon Walk would be added later.

Reference: At the North East corner of Beacon Oak Road and Woodchurch Road stands “Craythorne,” built about 1780. TaDG36.

Reference: In 1797 on the bankruptcy of the owner, John Sawyer, the estate was described as “All that Capital Messuage or Mansion House called Craythorne House, one stable, one barn, two courts, two gardens, one orchard, two stable yards, one wood yard, one drying yard, one pond, one lodge and lands situate in Tenterden in the county of Kent.” deedsKT1.

Reference: John Adam's 1822 map of Tenterden labels the plots of land parallel to Beacon Oak Road as the Craythorne estate. map1822.

Num. 9, RP 43, Name: Danemore

Location: Part of Beachy Path

Status: Not a Registered Street Name.

Street Sign: Y.

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Name Source: Danemore was a cul-de-sac off Beachy Path where a group of pre-fabs were built after the second world war. In 1977, following the compulsory purchase and demolition of Mr Puxted’s bicycle shop, the area was developed for sheltered housing, retaining the Danemore name. Further recent re-development keeps the name on the block, opened in February 2020 by HRH The Princess Royal, which “provides rural communal living for 34 residents”.

Reference: On 1974 Tenterden Street Plan TaH74.

Reference: This is where pre-fabs were built after WW2. .

Reference: Not an official street but part of Beachy Path where the addresses run from 1 to 50, Danemore, Beachy Path, Tenterden, TN30 6RS. FMA.

Reference: The residents use addresses 1 to 50, Beachy Path, Danemore. Richard_Parsons.

Reference: 13 March 2021 - Danemore in Tenterden provides rural communal living for 34 residents and was opened in February 2020 by HRH The Princess Royal. AshNow page(s) 19.

Reference: 23/03/2021 Danemore, Beachy Path, with 45 residences and ... offer sheltered accommodation TaH96 page(s) 22.

Num. 10, RP 46, Name: East Cross

Location: The A28 from Tenterden High Street running North East to Ashford Road.

Status: Public.

Street Sign: To be checked.

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East Cross is named as an area rather than a road.

Date:

Name Source: East Cross is the name of the short stretch of the A28 running alongside East Cross Gardens from the end of Tenterden High Street to the start of Ashford Road. The Misses Bright, two sisters who lived in Miriam House (16 East Cross), bought what is now East Cross Gardens to prevent development. It was acquired by Tenterden Borough Council after World War 2 and funds raised by the W.V.S., the Chamber of Trade and the Rotary Club, Tenterden were used to establish the attractive flower beds and seating.

Reference: 18/03/2021 Named prior to 1839, East Cross is the junction of roads at the east end of the High Street. Richard_Parsons.

Reference: 18/03/2021 The Armoury - occupied by Tenterden Cinque Ports Volunteers up to 1911, when as the TA they moved to the new Drill Hall in Church Road. Richard_Parsons.

Reference: 24/03/2021 The East Cross Pump was eventually erected in 1864 to provide the eastern end of the town with an improved water supply, and still stands on the corner of East Cross Gardens. TaH96 page(s) 26.

Reference: 24/03/2021 The present day names of East Cross and West Cross go back hundreds of years when wills of inhabitants dated 1496, 1509, 1534, etc., refer to the West Cross and the East Cross standing near their homes. TiTP page(s) 54.

Reference: 29/03/2021 The 1897 OS survey shows East Cross Gardens as a Nursery. OSMap page(s) .

Reference: In Miriam House (16 East Cross) lived the Misses Bright, two sisters who in addition to Miriam House also owned the triangular piece of ground opposite. This was a hedged garden, considerably overgrown and a virtual wilderness, which the sisters purchased to ensure the plot was not developed. After World War II the council acquired it and it is now East Cross Gardens providing a most attractive frontage to The Fairings. The seats and flower beds were obtained from funds raised in 1948 by the W.V.S., the Chamber of Trade and the Rotary Club, Tenterden. TaPH page(s) 15.

Reference: 8 April 2021 - the 1911 Census lists a Mrs Bright as “Occupier” of Miriam House - which comes under Ashford Road. Census1911 page(s) .

Num. 11, RP -, Name: East Cross Left

Location:

Status: .

Street Sign: N.

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Reference: 6/04/2021 Johnathan Smith Thomson had come to Tenterden from Heathfield in 1837 to set up a business as land surveyor, living with his wife and family at East Cross Left before moving into the Manor House. TaHC page(s) 73.

Num. 12, RP -, Name: East Cross Right

Location:

Status: .

Street Sign: N.

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Reference: 6/04/2021 The 1881 census lists 5 properties at East Cross Right, apparently between Wellington Place and Golden Square. Census 1881 page(s) .

Num. 13, RP 47, Name: East Hill

Location: The road from Golden Square to Appledore Road

Status: Public.

Street Sign: Y.

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Name Source: 31/03/2021 East Hill is another of Tenterden’s ancient roads. However, the source of the name is unknown but probably is a old as that of East Hill House, the mathematically tiled, timber framed house at the junction of Golden Square and East Hill.

Reference: 30/03/2021 East Hill House, wood framed but faced with rich red mathematical tiles, and with a wide pedimented doorway, and a first floor Venetian window with an unusual circular window above it. Next to it are the old Plough Inn... TTG page(s) 45.

Num. 14, RP 48, Name: East Weald Drive

Location: On the East side of Ashford Road between Beacon Oak Road and Mill Lane.

Status: Private.

Street Sign: Y.

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Name Source: East Weald Drive is named after the large house known as East Weald found at the top of the drive.

Reference: Not on 1974 Tenterden Street Plan TaH74.

Reference: Not on 1986 Tenterden Street Plan TaPH.

Reference: 1962 JW.

Reference: East Weald shows as a house on the 1959 OS map. The other houses on the drive are more recent. OSMap.

Dates disagree.

Num. 15, RP 49, Name: Eastgate Road

Location: On the North side of Woodchurch Road

Status: Public.

Street Sign: Y.

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Date: 1965

Name Source: Eastgate Road, Martins Close and Mount Pleasant are built in the former garden of Eastgate House. This Georgian house dated from about 1741. The Whitfield family, who have a fine monument dated 1622 in the Church and provided several Tenterden mayors in the 18th century, used to live here. The house was demolished in 1964 after much fighting by townspeople and preservation societies and Eastgate Road dates from the following year. Part of the boundary wall to the original house remains along Woodchurch Road.

Reference: Eastgate Road and also Martins Close with Mount Pleasant were built in the garden of Eastgate House, a Georgian building. The house, after much fighting by townspeople and preservation societies, was demolished in 1964 with the Martin family being the last residents. Dr Martin, Mayor of Tenterden in 1933 and 1934, was a native of Cornwall and practised at Reading, Berkshire, being a medical doctor. He acquired Eastgate around 1926, after the death of Sir James Mellor, formerly King’s Remembrancer. 2.

Reference: Eastgate Road appears in 1971 plans. LR.

Reference: On site of Eastgate House
1965 JW.

Reference: ...“Eastgate,” dating from about 1741, where formerly lived the Whitfield family, who have a fine monument dated 1622 in the Church. TaDG36.

Reference: The family lived at Eastgate, and the name [Whitfield] appears several times in the list of Mayors early in the 18th Century. Hasted says, the heirs of Sir Herbert Whitfield sold the seat to Mr. William Austen of Heronden, and Sir Robert Austen, the last of that name resided there. The house now occupied by Mrs. Beale, has the date 1746 upon it. OT page(s) 31.

Reference: This would be at Eastgate, then called Prospect House, the date on which is 1741, not 1746, .... OT page(s) 51.

Reference: 24/03/2021 Nevertheless the builders, Douglas Brown & Co., admired the house and had intended to retain it, but as substantial restoration was needed costing £6,500 the whole proposition was uneconomic. TaPH page(s) 31.

Num. 16, RP 52, Name: Elmfield

Location:

Status: .

Street Sign: Y.

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Date: 1905

Name Source: Dating from 1905, Elmfield runs off Oaks Road parallel to Sandy Lane.

Reference: Gatesdene in Elmfield was a high class home boarding school for girls: smaller schools are recorded at . . . Berwyn in Elmfield. TaHC.

Reference: On 1974 Tenterden Street Plan TaH74.

Reference: Gatesdene School started in the house called Gatesdene, 1 Elmfield soon after World War 1 as a “high class home boarding school for girls”. <teachers named>. . . the house next door was acquired, Playden (No 3). When it closed in the 1930s it became a good class guest house run by two ladies. TaPH page(s) 49.

Reference: 1905 JW.

Num. 17, RP 58, Name: Golden Square

Location:

Status: .

Street Sign: Y.

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It is not clear whether old OS maps refer to the road or the general area. The 6" 1947 is the only one which definitely shows a road name but it also has an “area descriptor”.

Date:

Name Source: 29/03/2021 Not a square at all, Golden Square is the road running from Oaks Road to Woodchurch Road. The name is taken from Golden Farm (the old name for Leigh Green Farm). Most of Golden Square was built 1840-1860 and was called “New Town”.

Reference: Most of Golden Square was built 1840-1860 and was called “New Town” FB003.

Reference: Runs from Oaks Road to Woodchurch Road JW.

Reference: 29 March 2021 Golden Square, which takes its name from Golden Farm (the old name for Leigh Green Farm) . . TaH74 page(s) 23.

Num. 18, RP 59, Name: Goldsmith Court

Location: Leads South-East of Homewood Road

Status: Public.

Street Sign: Y.

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Date: 1997

Name Source: A spur off Homewood Road, Goldsmith Court (dating from 1997) was named after Mrs Nina Daisy Goldsmith who became the second lady mayor of Tenterden in 1956 for two years and in 1993 was given the Freedom of the Town. She came to the Weald in 1916, from Winslow in Buckinghamshire, to work in the stationary department at Alex Ridley’s chemist shop at 60 High Street – now Paydens the chemist shop. Seven years later she married Arthur Goldsmith, whose father had founded a family baker’s at 37 High Street in 1895 and which he ran from 1926 until his retirement in 1975. During the Second World War Mrs Goldsmith ran a “threepenny hop” for troops in the town hall. When the Americans arrived she raised the entrance fee to ninepence. Mrs Goldsmith died four months short of her hundredth birthday in 1996.

Reference: A spur off Homewood Road, the Court was named after Mrs Nina Goldsmith who became the second lady mayor of Tenterden in 1956 for two years and in 1993 was given the Freedom of the Town. She came to the Weald in 1916, from Winslow in Buckinghamshire, to work in the stationary department at Alex Ridley’s chemist shop at 60 High Street – now Paydens. Seven years later she married Arthur Goldsmith, whose father had founded a family baker’s at 37 High Street in 1895 and which he ran from 1926 until his retirement in 1975. During the Second World War Mrs Goldsmith ran a “threepenny hop” for troops in the town hall. When the Americans arrived she raised the entrance fee to ninepence. Mrs Goldsmith died four months short of her hundredth birthday in 1996. 2.

Reference: Not on 1974 Tenterden Street Plan TaH74.

Reference: 1997 JW.

Reference: Named after Nina Daisy Goldsmith, Town Councillor since 1945 and Tenterden’s second ever female Mayor in 1956 and 1957. By the time she retired she was an Alderman and in 1993 was given the freedom of the town. She and her husband Arthur were well known local bakers on the High Street until Arthur retired in 1975.
Build date is estimated as the early 1980’s. CY.

Num. 19, RP 63, Name: Green Hedges

Location: Leads to the West off Beacon Oak Road, near the junction with Golden Square.

Status: Private.

Street Sign: Y
broken so as effectively not there..

Map OS 6" OS 25" OS 6" OS 25" OS 6" OS 6" OS 6"
Revised 1870-71 1897 1897 1906 1906 1938 pre1930-1960
Published 1876 1898 1899 1908 1909 c1947 1961
N N N Y Y Y Y

Date: 1890s

Name Source: Green Hedges is the private road leading off Beacon Oak Road. It is named after the building erected in the 1890s as a laundry. The laundry closed in 1939, just before World War 2 and the house is now flats.

Reference: Named after the house erected in the 1890s as a laundry which closed in 1939, just before World War II. TiTP page(s) 8.

Num. 20, RP 66, Name: Hales Close

Location: off Oaks Road and adjacent to Hales Place

Status: Public.

Street Sign: Y.

Map OS 6" OS 25" OS 6" OS 25" OS 6" OS 6" OS 6"
Revised 1870-71 1897 1897 1906 1906 1938 pre1930-1960
Published 1876 1898 1899 1908 1909 c1947 1961
N N N N N N N

Date: 1961

Name Source: Hales Close dates from 1961, taking its name from nearby Hales Place. The Hales came to Tenterden in the late 15th century and built Hales Place. John Hales, the incumbent Bailiff, become the town’s first Mayor in 1600 when Queen Elizabeth granted Tenterden a new Charter of Incorporation replacing the Bailiff with a Mayor. The house was much altered in the eighteenth century.

Reference: Off Oaks Road and adjacent to Hales Place. Named after the Hales family who were once of great importance in Kent. One of its members, Robert, was killed in the Wat Tyler rebellion of 1381 when the south east erupted in fury against the new Poll Tax imposed during the reign of King Richard II. A branch of the family came to Tenterden in the late 15th century and built Hales Place. In 1600 Queen Elizabeth granted a new Charter of Incorporation whereby instead of a Bailiff, Tenterden was allowed to have a Mayor. Mr John Hales, having been bailiff for the previous two years, had the distinction of becoming the town’s first Mayor. 2.

Reference: 24 March 2021 See TaPH for an expanded quote of the above, including more 17C and 18C detail on the Hales. TaPH page(s) 30.

Reference: ...much of the original house was demolished in the eighteenth century, including the banqueting hall. The house ceased to be occupied by the family in 1893. ... There is an Elizabethan garden with two two-storeyed pavilions at the east corners. TAG.

Reference: On 1974 Tenterden Street Plan TaH74.

Reference: 1961 JW.

Num. 21, RP 67, Name: Hales Court

Location: A continuation of Hales Close.

Status: Private.

Street Sign: Y.

Map OS 6" OS 25" OS 6" OS 25" OS 6" OS 6" OS 6"
Revised 1870-71 1897 1897 1906 1906 1938 pre1930-1960
Published 1876 1898 1899 1908 1909 c1947 1961
N N N N N N N

Date: 1989

Name Source: Aptly named, Hales Court is a court off Hales Close and dates from 1989.

Reference: Not on 1974 Tenterden Street Plan TaH74.

Reference: 1989 JW.

Num. 22, RP -, Name: Jacob’s Ladder

Location: The small flight of steps almost opposite the entrance to Knockwood Road on footpath AB12.

Status: Other
Not a street but maintained by Kent County Council as on a Public Right of Way..

Street Sign: N.

Map OS 6" OS 25" OS 6" OS 25" OS 6" OS 6" OS 6"
Revised 1870-71 1897 1897 1906 1906 1938 pre1930-1960
Published 1876 1898 1899 1908 1909 c1947 1961
N N N N N N N

Date:

Name Source: Jacob’s Ladder is the small flight of steps almost opposite the entrance to Knockwood Road. They lead up to the footpath - AB12 - that goes across the fields to Appledore Road via the former Homewood School playing fields. Jacob’s Ladder - the biblical ladder leading to heaven seen by Jacob in a dream - is a common name for steep flights of steps. It is also the name used for the rigging leading to the fighting top of fifteenth century sailing vessels and can been seen on the 1449 common seal of the town and hundred of Tenterden.

Reference: Jacob’s Ladder is the small flight of steps almost opposite the entrance to Knockwood Road. They lead up to the footpath that goes across the field to Appledore Road via the former Homewood School playing fields. FB004.

Reference: Jacob’s Ladder is the biblical ladder leading to heaven seen by Jacob in a dream. It is also the name of the rigging leading to the fighting top of fifteenth century sailing vessels and can been seen on the common seal of the town and hundred of Tenterden from 1449. rmg.

Num. 23, RP 87, Name: Limes Hill

Location: The stretch of Beacon Oak Road from the cross-roads with Golden Square/ Woodchurch Road to the Appledore Road.

Status: .

Street Sign: N.

Map OS 6" OS 25" OS 6" OS 25" OS 6" OS 6" OS 6"
Revised 1870-71 1897 1897 1906 1906 1938 pre1930-1960
Published 1876 1898 1899 1908 1909 c1947 1961
Y Y Y Named Named Named Named

Date:

Name Source: This is the former name of the steep stretch of Beacon Oak Road from the cross-roads with Golden Square/ Woodchurch Road to the Appledore Road. It was named after the Lime trees growing around The Limes (now Stace House) on the Woodchurch Road/ Beacon Oak Road cross-roads.

Reference: In 1937 there was a traffic accident at Limes-Hill -- Appledore-Road Junction Newspaper_cutting.

Reference: 18/03/2021 Since the 1960s, Limes Hill has formed the southern end of Beacon Oak Road. Richard_Parsons.

Num. 24, RP 93, Name: Martins Close

Location: Reached by way of Eastgate Road off Woodchurch Road.

Status: Public.

Street Sign: Y.

Map OS 6" OS 25" OS 6" OS 25" OS 6" OS 6" OS 6"
Revised 1870-71 1897 1897 1906 1906 1938 pre1930-1960
Published 1876 1898 1899 1908 1909 c1947 1961
N N N N N N N

Date: 1965

Name Source: Named in memory of the Martin family, the last residents of Eastgate House, a Georgian building. The last resident was Dr Martin, a native of Cornwall, who acquired Eastgate around 1926, after the death of the owner Sir James Mellor, formerly King’s Remembrancer. Dr Martin was Mayor of Tenterden in 1933 and 1934.
In 1964 after much fighting by townspeople and preservation societies, the house was demolished and Martins Close, Eastgate Road and Mount Pleasant were built in the former garden of the House.

Reference: reached by way of Eastgate Road, Martins Close was built in the garden of Eastgate House, a Georgian building. The house, after much fighting by townspeople and preservation societies, demolished in 1964 with the Martin family being the last residents. Dr Martin, Mayor of Tenterden in 1933 and 1934, was a native of Cornwall and practised at Reading, Berkshire, being a medical doctor. He acquired Eastgate around 1926, after the death of Sir James Mellor, formerly King’s Remembrancer. 2.

Reference: 27 March 2021 The demolition of Eastgate House was in 1963 TaDOG page(s) 21.

Num. 25, RP 99, Name: Mount Pleasant

Location: On the North side of Woodchurch Road between the junction with Beacon Oak Road and Eastgate Road.

Status: Public.

Street Sign: Y.

Map OS 6" OS 25" OS 6" OS 25" OS 6" OS 6" OS 6"
Revised 1870-71 1897 1897 1906 1906 1938 pre1930-1960
Published 1876 1898 1899 1908 1909 c1947 1961
N N N N N N N

Date: 1966

Name Source: Built in 1966 in the grounds of the former Eastgate House, Mount Pleasant is named after the plot of land which used to lie behind (i.e. to the North) of Eastgate House.

Reference: John Adam’s 1822 map of Tenterden labels the plot of land behind Eastgate House as Mount Pleasant. map1822.

Reference: 1966 JW.

Num. 26, RP 103, Name: Oaks Road

Location: The road from Ashford Road to Golden Square. Part of the B2067.

Status: Public.

Street Sign: Y.

Map OS 6" OS 25" OS 6" OS 25" OS 6" OS 6" OS 6"
Revised 1870-71 1897 1897 1906 1906 1938 pre1930-1960
Published 1876 1898 1899 1908 1909 c1947 1961
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y

Date:

Name Source: Oaks Road, running from Ashford Road to Golden Square, is part of the B2067. It was only after a road traffic accident in the mid 1970s that Oaks Road ceased to be a direct continuation of the High Street - the line followed by the Tenterden turnpike from Cranbrook to Appledore. Its name comes from The Oaks, an old half-timbered mansion standing at East Cross, which was demolished in 1830. Oaks Place (the terraced building along Oaks Road) dating from 1836 also perpetuates the name.

Reference: Named after the oak trees lining the road 2.

Reference: Until the 1830s there was an old half-timbered mansion standing at East Cross, known as The Oaks, facing the town roughly on a site where The Fairings is today. Its grounds covered all the space between Oaks Road and Ashford Road stretching to where Danemore and Beachy Path are today. The garden incorporated a lake sometimes referred to as the “Tenterden Canal”, parts of which are still there today. Oaks Place (Nos 2-6 along Oaks Road), a terraced building, was built on the southern part of the garden in 1836 (details on the front wall). 6.

Reference: The original turnpike road through Tenterden ran via Woodchurch. The Tenterden to Ashford turnpike was not built until the army built it in the late 1790s during the Napoleonic Wars. FB007.

The Facebook comment is generally correct but misleading as to detail. The turnpike ran to Appledore and not Woodchurch, the Woodchurch turnpike being formed later. The Bethersden turnpike was built by the army 1798-1802.

Num. 27, RP 120, Name: Roethorne Gardens

Location: Runs to the North of Beacon Oak Road behind Craythorne House.

Status: Private.

Street Sign: Y.

Map OS 6" OS 25" OS 6" OS 25" OS 6" OS 6" OS 6"
Revised 1870-71 1897 1897 1906 1906 1938 pre1930-1960
Published 1876 1898 1899 1908 1909 c1947 1961
N N N N N N N

Date: 1961

Name Source: Dating from 1961, Roethorne Gardens is the private road which runs behind Craythorne House. Numbers 1 to 8 front onto Woodchurch Road.

Reference: Nos. 1 to 8 have a frontage to Woodchurch Road
1961 JW.

Num. 28, RP 124, Name: Rothley Close

Location: South East of Ashford Road opposite Turners Avenue.

Status: Public.

Street Sign: Y.

Map OS 6" OS 25" OS 6" OS 25" OS 6" OS 6" OS 6"
Revised 1870-71 1897 1897 1906 1906 1938 pre1930-1960
Published 1876 1898 1899 1908 1909 c1947 1961
N N N N N N N

Date: 1963

Name Source: 27 March 2021 Rothley Close dates from 1960 and takes its name from “Rothley”, No 56 Ashford Road, in whose grounds it was built. The close was built in two stages resulting in an unusual numbering of the properties - 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 3, 4.

Reference: Rothley Close (1963) TiTP page(s) 43.

Reference: Not on 1974 Tenterden Street Plan TaH74.

Reference: Built in the grounds of “Rothley” No 56 Ashford Road
1961 JW.

Reference: 27 March 2021 No 1, Rothley Close was first sold in March 1960. The close was developed in two stages and so the properties are numbered 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 3, 4. Le page(s) .

The sources give two dates - 1961 and 1963.

Num. 29, RP 125, Name: Sandy Lane

Location: South off Oaks Road, alongside the recreation ground. 17/03/2021 Sandy line is restricted byway AB33A, passing Huson Farm and becoming public footpath AB33 at the footbridge.

Status: Private.

Street Sign: N.

Map OS 6" OS 25" OS 6" OS 25" OS 6" OS 6" OS 6"
Revised 1870-71 1897 1897 1906 1906 1938 pre1930-1960
Published 1876 1898 1899 1908 1909 c1947 1961
Named Named Named Named Named Named Y

For a minor lane Sandy Lane is distinguished by being named on so many editions of the OS maps. Many more important roads are left unnamed.

Date:

Name Source: Sandy line is restricted byway AB33A leading off Oaks Road and passing Huson Farm before becoming public footpath AB33. For a minor lane Sandy Lane is distinguished by being named on many old editions of large scale OS maps, many other more major roads being left unnamed.

Reference: At the turn of the century Mr Ashby used 1 East Cross for his butcher’s shop (owning also a slaughterhouse in Sandy Lane at the side of the recreation ground). TaPH page(s) 14.

Num. 30, RP 138, Name: Stace Close

Location: Stace Close runs parallel to the Appledore Road with its entrance opposite East Hill.

Status: Private.

Street Sign: Y.

Map OS 6" OS 25" OS 6" OS 25" OS 6" OS 6" OS 6"
Revised 1870-71 1897 1897 1906 1906 1938 pre1930-1960
Published 1876 1898 1899 1908 1909 c1947 1961
N N N N N N N

Date: 1982

Name Source: Dating from 1982, Stace Close is named after Stace House on the corner of Woodchurch Road and Beacon Oak Road and is built on part of the old Stace estate. The Staces were prominent Tenterden citizens whose name frequently appears in the list of Tenterden Bailiffs and Mayors for a period of almost two centuries beginning with the last quarter of the sixteenth century.

Reference: The Limes, beyond Golden Square, was formerly known as Stace House; the last of the three Robert Staces who are buried under the Church Tower, ended his days there in 1818: he was noted among other things for possessing a wonderful chiming clock; the family dates back to Queen Elizabeth’s reign, but not the house. FB005.

Reference: Not on 1974 Tenterden Street Plan TaH74.

Reference: On the 1986 Tenterden Road Map TaPH.

Reference: The Stace family held the positions of Bailiff and Mayor at various times.
1982 JW.

Reference: 18/03/2021 Check the list of Tenterden mayorsmayors (www.mytenterden.co.uk/directory/the-bailiffs-and-mayors-of-tenterden-since-1449-article-207.aspx) for all the Stace mayors. The first, actually a Bailiff in 1571. (There are a lot of them). -.

Num. 31, RP 140, Name: Summer Close

Location: Off Knockwood Road. 17 March 2021 Public footpath AB13 starts at the junction of Summer Close with Knockwood Road and continues along the close and then through Knock Wood and on, crossing Swain Road before becoming footpath AT163 in High Halden Parish, ending at Tiffenden Cottage on Harbourne Lane.

Status: Public.

Street Sign: Y.

Map OS 6" OS 25" OS 6" OS 25" OS 6" OS 6" OS 6"
Revised 1870-71 1897 1897 1906 1906 1938 pre1930-1960
Published 1876 1898 1899 1908 1909 c1947 1961
N N N N N N N

Date: 1963

Name Source: Off Knockwood Road, Summer Close dates from 1963. Public footpath AB13 starts at the junction of Summer Close with Knockwood Road and continues along the close and then through Knock Wood and on, crossing Swain Road before becoming footpath AT163 in High Halden Parish, ending at Tiffenden Cottage on Harbourne Lane.

Reference: On 1974 Tenterden Street Plan TaH74.

Reference: 1963 JW.

Num. 32, RP -, Name: The Croft

Location: At the end of Elmfield, off Oaks Road.

Status: Private.

Street Sign: Y.

Map OS 6" OS 25" OS 6" OS 25" OS 6" OS 6" OS 6"
Revised 1870-71 1897 1897 1906 1906 1938 pre1930-1960
Published 1876 1898 1899 1908 1909 c1947 1961
- - - - - - -

Date:

Name Source: The Croft is the private road at the end of Elmfield.

Num. 33, RP 53, Name: The Fairings

Location: Between Oaks Road and East Cross.

Status: Private.

Street Sign: Y.

Map OS 6" OS 25" OS 6" OS 25" OS 6" OS 6" OS 6"
Revised 1870-71 1897 1897 1906 1906 1938 pre1930-1960
Published 1876 1898 1899 1908 1909 c1947 1961
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y

Date: 1950s

Name Source: This private street takes its name from the building of the same name. This is the site of the first cinema in Tenterden, the Picture House built in 1912 but soon known as the Electric Palace as it boasted electrical lighting well before electricity came to Tenterden in 1926. The Electric Palace closed in February 1937 after the new Embassy cinema opened. During World War 2 it was used as an Army Supply Depot but became derelict afterwards. It was nearly demolished but instead refurbished in the late 1950s into the row of shops seen today.

Reference: The Fairings. Site of the first cinema built in Tenterden. Built on ground formerly occupied by Oaks House - a half-timbered house that had grounds extending to all the space between Oaks Road and Ashford Road. The house was demolished in 1830 and in 1836 six houses were built on part of the site, subsequently altered to shops. In 1912, the cinema was built over the 6 properties. 1.

Reference: Oaks House The old half-timber framed Oaks House which had dominated East Cross for many years and stood where the original cinema of Tenterden stood (the Fairings today), was demolished by Mr Thomas May in 1845 to make way for the development of Oaks Road and Peels Cottages. Only an engraving remains of this house, its back gardens went as far as Beachy Path (Danemore) and the horse pond opposite the Unitarian Meeting House. It was built at the beginning of the 17th century. In 1798 it was occupied by Miss Wilson and later by Mr Musgrove Hopley. The original front gardens of the house are now the whole of the East Cross Gardens. In the early 20th century a cinema was built on this site (opened October 1912), its floor sloping from the Ashford Road to Oaks Road so water during heavy rains could flow below the audiences’ feet! This Cinema closed in February 1937 when the new Embassy Cinema opened in the High Street. 5.

Reference: The original name of the cinema was the Picture House before being renamed the Electric Palace. JW.

Reference: During the 2nd World War the Electric Palace cinema building was used as an Army Supply Depot & in the 1950s it was very nearly pulled down, but finally was adapted for use as shops and offices and is now known as The Fairings FB006.

Reference: Previous reference is almost word for word the same as here! TiTP page(s) 16.

Reference: When I was a child living very close on Ashford Road we had to always run past the derelict building due to ‘ghosts’! It remained derelict for many years until converted into shops. FB008.

There are two dates for the demolition - 1830 and 1845. However, Oaks Place has an 1836 date plaque on it so 1830 seems correct.

Num. 34, RP 148, Name: Vineys Gardens
Officially Vineys Gardens all the street signs show Viney’s Gardens (i.e. with an apostrophe).

Location:

Status: Public.

Street Sign: Y.

Map OS 6" OS 25" OS 6" OS 25" OS 6" OS 6" OS 6"
Revised 1870-71 1897 1897 1906 1906 1938 pre1930-1960
Published 1876 1898 1899 1908 1909 c1947 1961
N N N N N N N

Date: Before 1974

Name Source: Officially Vineys Gardens all the street signs show Viney’s Gardens - with an apostrophe. This is the only Tenterden street name where an apostrophe appears. Vineys Gardens is reached via Admirals Walk. The properties in this road are built in the garden of Dovenden, on the Woodchurch Road, whose gardens extended up to where the old windmill stood at the top of Mill Lane. In the eighteenth century Dovenden was the home of the Viney/ Viny family. Thomas Viny (1731-1812) was a noted Unitarian Dissenter and friend and correspondent of both Benjamin Franklin and Joseph Priestly. Viney entertained Franklin and Priestly at Dovenden when they attended the Unitarian Church on the Ashford Road in 1774 (2 years before Franklin signed the US Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia) and Priestly preached. There is a monument to Thomas Viny at the left hand side of the Old Meeting House on the Ashford Road.

Reference: reached via Admirals Walk, the properties in this road are built in the garden of Dovenden, on the Woodchurch Road, which in the eighteenth century was the home of the Viney family. 2.

Reference: Thomas Viny (1731-1812) carriage maker and wheel manufacturer of Tenterden was a noted Unitarian Dissenter and friend of Benjamin Franklin. There is a monument to him at the left hand side of the Old Meeting House, Ashford Rd, Tenterden. Viny_5.

Reference: On 1974 Tenterden Street Plan TaH74.

Reference: Named after Thomas Viney, friend and correspondent of Benjamin Franklin and Joseph Priestly. Viney entertained Franklin and Priestly at Dovenden when they attended the Unitarian Church on the Ashford Road in 1774 (2 years before Franklin signed the US Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia) at which service Priestly preached. Thomas lived at the still extant Dovenden on the Woodchurch road and his extensive rear gardens extended up to where the old windmill at the top of Mill Lane stood.
Build date estimated as the 1970’s. CY.

Num. 35, RP 158, Name: Woodchurch Road

Location: The B2067 from Beacon Oak Road to the Tenterden boundary at Huntbourne Bridge over the Tenterden Sewer after which the B2067 is known as Brook Street.

Status: Mixed.

Street Sign: Y.

Map OS 6" OS 25" OS 6" OS 25" OS 6" OS 6" OS 6"
Revised 1870-71 1897 1897 1906 1906 1938 pre1930-1960
Published 1876 1898 1899 1908 1909 c1947 1961
Y Y Y Y Y Named Named

Date:

Name Source: Woodchurch Road is another of Tenterden’s ancient roads and is named after its destination. Now the B2067 it extends from Beacon Oak Road to the Tenterden boundary at Huntbourne Bridge over the Tenterden Sewer after which the B2067 is known as Brook Street.

Reference: OS maps OSmaps.

Reference: Named pre-1871 in the tradition that roads to other centres of population are named after the nearest main destination. Richard_Parsons.

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