Record Details
| NHER Number: | 11910 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible site of medieval village of Ness, Decoy Farm |
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Summary
The lost settlement of Ness is mentioned in the Domesday Book. The settlement was formerly thought to be in Winterton or Caister on Sea, but detailed documentary research suggests that it was actually in the area around Decoy Farm in Mautby.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 4842 1087 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG41SE |
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| Parish: | MAUTBY, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
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| WINTERTON ON SEA, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Village of Nessa mentioned in Domesday, quoted by (S1).
No other reference.
Site not known but presumably near Winterton Ness.
Information from (S2).
The Domesday vill was placed by Charles Green in Caister on Sea parish, though modern local historians suggest it may in fact have been an inland settlement at Mautby according to (S3).
E. Rose (NLA) 8 April 1999.
The modern historians quoted are in fact (S4) who says (S1)'s suggestion of Winterton seems to have been a guess and C. Green's suggestion of a peninsula north of Caister was a hypothesis. (S4) suggests Decoy Farm at Mautby was the site on documentary evidence, but there is no archaeological evidence.
E. Rose (NLA) 7 June 1999.
The post medieval lighthouse previously recorded under this number is now NHER 44513.
S. Spooner (NLA) 9 May 2006
Monument Types
- DESERTED SETTLEMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Serial: Blomefield, F.. 1805-1810. An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk.. Volume Unknown. |
| <S2> | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 42 SE 2. |
| <S3> | Serial: Sandred, K.. 1996. The Placenames of Norfolk.. Vol 2. |
| <S4> | Article in Serial: Cornford, B. 1998. The Lost Domesday Vill of Ness. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIII Pt I pp 168-172. |
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