Record Details
NHER Number: | 56864 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Site of former lake, Abbey Park, Walsingham |
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Summary
A lake was created close to Abbey House, within the grounds of the park, in the 19th century by damming the River Stiffkey. Between 1845 and 1891 the northern end of the lake was expanded to allow creation of an island with a boathouse on its northern bank as shown by the 1891 Ordnance Survey map. The lake disappeared in the first quarter of the 20th century, possibly due to silting or deliberate removal.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TF 9363 3670 |
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Map Sheet: | TF93NW |
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Parish: | WALSINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
ORIGINALLY PART OF NHER 2029.
March 2012.
The lake was created close to Abbey House, within the grounds of the park, in the 19th century by damming the River Stiffkey. Between 1845 and 1891 the northern end of the lake was expanded to allow creation of an island with a boathouse on its northern bank as shown by the 1891 Ordnance Survey map. The lake disappeared in the first quarter of the 20th century, possibly due to silting or deliberate removal. A crop of poplars were planted in the northern part of the silted lake in the 1950s in order to reduce the marshiness.
The area has now reverted back to wet grassland.
Information from (S1)
K.powell (HES), 20 March 2012
Monument Types
- LAKE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
<S1> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Historic Landscape Management. 2008. Walsingham Abbey Grounds. Landscape Conservation Strategy. Historic Landscape Management. |
Related records
56859 | Part of: Abbey House Park, Walsingham (Monument) |