Record Details
| NHER Number: | 26104 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of medieval ditch, Westwick Street/Barn Road |
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Summary
The site of a ditch, part of the city's medieval defences, referred to in old records.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 22515 09085 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG20NW |
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| Parish: | NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK |
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Full description
City ditch.
Evidence for ditch in existance by 1186 to 1210 AD from Grant to Reiner, son of Swein of the land of Swein had held at Heigham next Norwich for 8 pence yearly, 1186 to 1210.
'iace t inter mesuagium suam 't possatum Norwic'.
Evidence for 'new ditch' made by burghers between 1135 and 1155 to 1158 from 'another writ of Henry II concerning the manor of Heigham - next-Norwich 1155 to 1158 AD.
'Et prohibes ne in'uste perdat terram suam que est intra novum fossatum quod burgenses fecerunt post mortem regis H. Avi mei extra villam de Norwico'. (S1).
R.R. Clarke (NCM).
Monument Types
- DITCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- TOWN DEFENCES (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Monograph: West, J. R. 1932. St. Benet of Holme, 1020-1210. The eleventh and and twelfth century sections of Cott. Ms. Galba E.ii, the register of the abbey of St. Benet of Holme. Norfolk Record Society Publications. Vol II. pp 14, 151; No 282. |
Related records
| Site 354 | Parent of: Barn Road (Monument) |
| 384 | Parent of: Norwich City Defences (Monument) |
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