Record Details
| NHER Number: | 30599 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Rectory Park |
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Summary
This historic parkland was once the landscaped park of the former rectory. It dates to sometime before 1797. The land here features general contours, walks and earthworks as well as a ruined folly containing blocks of medieval limestone. A commemorative monument in the shape of a Greek altar with an inscription survives in the northwest corner.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 8979 0206 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF80SE |
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| Parish: | SAHAM TONEY, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Historic Parkland (not registered).
Landscaped park of former rectory, of pre 1797 origins. General contours, walks, earthworks remain. Ruined folly containing much limestone - ?reused. Monument to canary.
See full details and copy of 1905 25in Ordnance Survey in file.
E. Rose (NLA) 6 May 1994.
Monument Types
- COMMEMORATIVE MONUMENT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- FOLLY (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- GARDEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- GARDEN FEATURE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- MOUND (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- PARK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TF 9001F - G. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Photograph: CJZ 9-12. |
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