Record Details

NHER Number:11064
Type of record:Monument
Name:Holbrook Hall moat

Summary

Medieval manor house and moat possibly demolished when nearby Gawdy Hall was built in 1570.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TM 279 860
Map Sheet:TM28NE
Parish:ALBURGH, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Moated site of Holbrook Hall (OS). (S1) says manor house, pulled down when Gawdy Hall built (but is there confusion with 11100?)
E.Rose (NLA).

(S2) simply states that the 'ancient' Holbrook Hall was pulled down when Gawdy Hall was built in 1570 - but he could simply be following (S1).
E. Rose (NLA) 20 April 1999.

Monument Types

  • MANOR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status

  • SHINE

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TM 28 NE 7.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Alburgh.
<S1>Monograph: Cromwell, T.. 1818. Excursions through Norfolk.
<S2>Article in Serial: Millican, P. 1938. The Gawdys of Norfolk and Suffolk, Part I. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXVI Pt III pp 335-390. p 346.

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