Maison Dieu
Maison Dieu is a hospital, monastery, hostel, retirement home and royal lodge commissioned by Henry III in 1234. The timber framed building is located beside Watling Street, now the A2 road, in Ospringe, Faversham, in Kent, England.Photo: Ron Strutt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Historic building
- Description: hospital, monastery, hostel, retirement home and royal lodge commissioned by Henry III in 1234, in Faversham, Kent, England, UK
- Also known as: “17 Ospringe Street”, “Maison Dieu, Faversham”, “The Maison Dieu Museum”, and “The Maison Dieu, a 16th century house incorporating part of a medieval hospital”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Ship Inn and Church of St Peter and St Paul.
Church of St Peter and St Paul
Church
Photo: OhNoPeedyPeebles, Public domain.
Church of St Peter and St Paul is situated 2,100 feet southwest of Maison Dieu.
Faversham railway station
Railway station
Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Faversham railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the town of Faversham, Kent. It is 51 miles 77 chains down the line from London Victoria. The station and all trains that call are operated by Southeastern. Faversham railway station is situated 3,900 feet east of Maison Dieu.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Davington and Whitehill.
Davington
Suburb
Photo: pam fray, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Davington is a suburb of Faversham, in the Swale district, in the county of Kent, England. Davington Priory is a local government ward within the Faversham Town Council and Swale Borough Council areas.
Whitehill
Hamlet
Photo: pam fray, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitehill is a hamlet to the south of Faversham in Kent, England. A stream rises at Westbrook, a small distance south of Whitehill. At the 2011 Census, the population was included in the civil parish of Ospringe.
Painters Forstal
Village
Photo: Penny Mayes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Painters Forstal is a village in the Swale district of the English county of Kent. It is 2 miles south-west of the town of Faversham and is part of the civil parish of Ospringe.
Maison Dieu
- Categories: hospital building, pub, museum building, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Faversham, Swale District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.31152° or 51° 18′ 42″ northLongitude
0.87352° or 0° 52′ 25″ eastOpen location code
9F328V6F+JCOpenStreetMap ID
way 902956931OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingWikidata ID
Q6737033
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In Other Languages
“Maison Dieu” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “法弗捨姆上帝莊園”
- Chinese: “法弗舍姆上帝莊園”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ospringe Church of England Primary School and King George V Playing Fields.
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