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French Raid on Faversham area 1380

1380
Kent, England
Also known as: French threat to Swale estuary 1380
Era
Medieval
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Kent, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Swale estuary communities
Forces
Swale estuary defenders c.100-200.
VS
Victor
French raiders
Forces
French raiders c.400-800
Outcome
Settlements along the Swale threatened and some raided
The Battle

History & Significance

The French incursion into the Swale in 1380 threatened the important Faversham area, showing that enemy raiders could penetrate deep into the Kent coast behind the Isle of Sheppey.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near French Raid on Faversham area 1380

Chart gunpowder mills
Scheduled monument · ~0.5 miles
The site of St Saviour's Abbey, including the remains of an Iron Age farmstead and Faversham Roman villa
Scheduled monument · ~0.6 miles
The Maison Dieu, a late C15 to early C16 building incorporating part of a medieval hospital
Scheduled monument · ~0.7 miles
Oare gunpowder works
Scheduled monument · ~1.3 miles
A Romano-British mausoleum, an associated Romano-British building and a parish church at Stone-by-Faversham
Scheduled monument · ~1.5 miles
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