Bayford, Kent

Historical Description

Bayford, a farmhouse, originally a castle, near Sittingbourne, Kent. The castle is said to have been erected by King Alfred as a counter-fortress to Castle-Rough, about a mile distant, and it became the seat of successively the Not-tinghams, the Cheneys, and the Lovelaces. The moat and a piece of wall still exist.

Maps

Online maps of Bayford are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)