Record Details

NHER Number:12207
Type of record:Monument
Name:Belhawe deserted medieval village, Bixley

Summary

In Arminghall parish, at an unknown location, lies the deserted medieval village of Belhawe. It had a church dedicated to St Andrew.

Images - none

Location

Parish:BIXLEY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1998.
At an unknown location in the old Arminghall parish. DMV of Belhawe, with church dedicated to St. Andrew.

Information from (S1) and (S2), who says it was a chapel not a church

Source [1] suggests the actual location is within site 9585 at TG 241 054 where a map of 1779 marks two closes as Chapel Hill. (S2) does not in fact say that Belhawe was actually a village, just a place, and the source suggests it was a hill name.
E.Rose (NLA) 21 January 1998.

Monument Types

  • CHAPEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • CHURCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • DESERTED SETTLEMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1>Monograph: Bryant, T. H. 1901. Hundred of Henstead. The Churches of Norfolk. Vol VII. p 6.
<S2>Serial: Parkin, C.. 1808. Blomefield's History of Norfolk. Vol 8, pp 393-4.

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