Geography in Kent > Place Names
Commority?
CAT:
However, examination of the available historic maps shows that prior to the present Commority Road associated with the Waterlow Estate, there was an existing trackway that lead from beyond Swanswood Farm to the north to Little Commodity after descending the scarp slope of the North Downs where it met with the roughly east - west aligned Pilgrims Way before passing the Coldrum Long Barrow to the south. This route is probably much older than you may think?
Sidw:
Commority Road is recent and apparently related to the Waterlow Estate, taking the name from existing Little Commority and Commority Down, which it led to. The people to answer this problem are the English Placename Society, and the person responsible for Kent is Dr Paul Cavill at Notingham University.
CAT:
The 1st (1871), 2nd (1897), 3rd (1907) and 4th (1929) Edition maps of the Ordnance Survey all refer to the place as Little Commodity. Could the present name just be a spelling error?
Archi93:
--- Quote from: Sidw on November 02, 2020, 10:51:33 AM ---In the same area, the Trittiscliffe Tree Warden mentions Commority Down
https://trottiscliffepc.co.uk/trottiscliffe-tree-warden-blog-post-2/
--- End quote ---
Interesting site about trees at Trottiscliffe. The blog also shows a photo of the Coldrum Stones or barrow. We went there when we were studying Neolithic burial mounds in my archaeology course, which I did part time at Christ Church, Canterbury. (1993) We had lectures on Kentish Archaeology on Saturday mornings, then about once a month on a Sunday we visited various sites to get a feel of what our lecturer had been talking about.
Longpockets:
A Scottish connection - Sir Sydney Hedley Waterlow, 1st Bt., who built Trosley Towers, held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Dumfries-shire between 1868 and 1869
Source - http://www.thepeerage.com/p40898.htm
He was a prominent philanthropist, particularly in connection with property and funds for property for those less fortunate the him.
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