Record Details
| NHER Number: | 11914 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of medieval village of Apton |
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Summary
This is the site of the medieval village of Apton which was subsumed into the village of Bergh, probably in the late medieval period. The site of the parish church of 'Apton' is at NHER 10332.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 313 993 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM39NW |
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| Parish: | BERGH APTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
'Village, site of' (OS).
Site of Apton village.
Mentioned in Domesday and Nomina Villarum (1316) when the reference was to Bergh cum Apeton.
(S1) said that the town had been destroyed since time immemorial, and the church for about 200 years, though it had been suggested that the present church was formerly Apton church, and the modern village the site of Bergh.
No traces seen on air photographs by OS inspectors 1946 and 1970.
Monument Types
- CHURCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- DESERTED SETTLEMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- EARTHWORK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- VILLAGE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Article in Serial: Allison, K. J. 1955. The Lost Villages of Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXI Pt I pp 116-162. p 142. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 39 NW 1 [2]. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Serial: Blomefield, F.. 1805-1810. An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk.. Volume Unknown. |
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