 Saltwood Castle, once a possession of the Archbishops of Canterbury, is located here, having been assigned to them by a deed of 1026 (now in the British Museum) signed by such leading figures as King Canute and Earl Godwin.The castle was the overnight resting place of four knights (Reginald fitzUrse, Hugh de Morville, William de Tracy, and Richard le Breton) on their journey to Canterbury to murder Thomas Becket.More recently this castle (now privately owned) has been home to Lord Clark of Saltwood and then his son Alan Clark MP.