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.

The Ship Inn

Pub

Photo: David Anstiss, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Ship Inn is a pub.

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.

National Shrine of Saint Jude

Church

Photo: Penny Mayes, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The National Shrine of Saint Jude, adjoining the Roman Catholic parish Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Faversham Kent, England, is a shrine to Saint Jude and a place of pilgrimage and prayer for Catholics and other Christians since it was officially opened in 1955. National Shrine of Saint Jude is situated 2,800 feet northeast of Maison Dieu.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Davington and Preston-next-Faversham.

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.

Preston-next-Faversham

Suburb

Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Preston or Preston-next-Faversham is an area of the town of Faversham, in the Swale district, in Kent, England, which in the past was a separate village and parish.

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.

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

51.31151° or 51° 18′ 42″ north

Longitude

0.87351° or 0° 52′ 25″ east

Open location code

9F328V6F+JC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 902956931

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=building

Wikidata 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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