(on p533): "That part of the
parish lying north-westward of the valley which is between
the church and Hall Place, which includes Otterden Place,
that church, and the scite of the dilapidated church of Monketon,
is in the division of West Kent; and the remaining or south-east
part of it, including Hall-place, the scite of the dilapidated
church of Boardfield, and the whole hamlet of it, is in that
of East Kent."
(on p.540): "Monketon is another
hamlet, situated at the north-west extremity of this parish
which was formerly likewise accounted a parish of itself.
The manor of it, which extends into the parish of Newnham,
seems to have been given by Ralph Picot, to the Abbey of Faversham,
at or soon after the foundation of it, and his gift was confirmed
to it by Henry II in his 11th year (1164/1165).
"It has for many years had the
same owners, as the manor of Sharsted, in Doddington, and
passing in like manner from the family of Deloune, (it should
be de Laune or Delaune) to that of Thornicroft, and from thence,
since the death of Mrs Anne Thornicroft in 1791, it came to
her nephew Alured Pinke esq., now of Sharsted, the present
possessor of it. A Court Baron is held for this manor. "
Research by local historian Pat Winzar
confirmed that both Monkton and Boardfield had been small manors
and parishes, subsequently being absorbed in Otterden
Manor.
