Record Details

NHER Number:8719
Type of record:Monument
Name:Bokenham moated manor

Summary

This medieval half octagonal moat with an L shaped outer enclosure surrounded Bokenham Hall that was owned by the priors of Buckenham. The interior of the moat has now been covered with farm buildings.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 9234 0986
Map Sheet:TF90NW
Parish:BRADENHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

Moat (Ordnance Survey) Bokenham Manor (Belonged to Priors of Buckenham).
E. Rose (NLA).

The moat is depicted on (S1) as a half-octagonal inner moat with an L-shaped outer enclosure. (S2) shows that the inner enclosure has been destroyed by farm buildings.
E. Rose (NAU), 6 June 1990.

(S3) shows moated enclosure as a pond, and the wet ditch as a detached boundary feature. The small moated enclosure shown on (S4) has been filled and levelled. The wet ditch, shown as 'moat' survives.
NAR Records.
R.J. Rickett (NAU), 20 August 1990.

Monument Types

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

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 90 NW 1.
---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. Bradenham.
<S1>Map: Ordnance Survey, First Edition, 6 Inch. 1879-1886. Ordnance Survey 1st Edition 6 inch map..
<S2>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1980. Ordnance Survey (OS) 1:10 000.
<S3>Map: 1839. Bradenham Tithe Map.
<S4>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-7. Ordnance Survey 25 inch 2nd edition (revised 1902-7).

Related records - none

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