Record Details

NHER Number:14979
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of Admiralty semaphore telegraph station (Wreningham, poorly located)

Summary

It is recorded that 'on high ground near church' in the parish of Wreningham stood an Admiralty semaphore telegraph station on the London to Great Yarmouth line.

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Location

Parish:WRENINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

'On high ground near church'.
Site of Admiralty semaphore telegraph station on London-Yarmouth line. See (S1).
E. Rose (NAU), 31 May 1979.

Monument Types

  • SIGNAL STATION (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1>Article in Serial: James, H. V. 1978. The London-Yarmouth Telegraph Line 1806-1814. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXVII Pt I pp 126-129. p 129.

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