Record Details
| NHER Number: | 8791 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Early turnpike road |
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Summary
This routeway has been identified as an early turnpike road dating to around 1740. This road is believed to have run from Watton to Dereham.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 9320 0423 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF90SW |
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| Parish: | OVINGTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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| SAHAM TONEY, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Initially the road was thought to date to the Roman period as suggested by (S1). However, after further documentary research it appears that the road is an early turnpike dating to around 1740 as it is referred to as the new road from Watton to Dereham (S2).
E. Rose (NAU) 29 August 1980.
Monument Types
- ROAD (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> | Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797. |
| <S2> | Documentary Source: Martin, T. c. 1700-1799. Collections of Church Notes. Norfolk Records Office. c. 1740. |
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