Record Details

NHER Number:42014
Type of record:Monument
Name:Ruins of Bury Manor, Tilney All Saints

Summary

Bury Manor was recorded by various 19th century maps and documents as existing here. It was shown as a group of large buildings with a lake in grounds to west. However, the ruins of any buildings are currently obscured by the heavily overgrown vegetation. Test pitting in 2013 recovered medieval to post-medieval pottery sherds; undated and post-medieval to modern ceramic building material; post-medieval clay tobacco pipe fragments; post-medieval to modern glass sherds and undated animal bones and clinker.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 55647 18626
Map Sheet:TF51NE
Parish:TILNEY ALL SAINTS, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Depicted on (S1) as group of large buildings with lake in grounds to west, similar on (S2) but without the lake. It also appears on (S3) but not on (S4) or (S5) although this may only be due to the small scale of these.
NHER 23176 refers to ruins being present at that time.
Site now stated by Borough Council to be an overgrown jungle.
E. Rose (NLA) 29 September 2005.

29 June 2013. Test Pitting. Tilney All Saints History Group.
Test Pit A
Undated ceramic building material, iron objects and animal bone fragments.
3 post-medieval pottery sherds and 5 clay tobacco pipe fragments.
Late post-medieval and modern ceramic building material; vessel and window glass.
Test Pit B
Undated ceramic building material, iron objects, clinker, shell and animal bone fragments.
3 medieval pottery sherds.
1 medieval/post-medieval pottery sherds.
2 post-medieval pottery sherds.
Post-medieval and modern ceramic building material and vessel glass.
See lists in file and (S6).
A. Rogerson (HES), 3 September 2013.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval to 21st Century - 1540 AD to 2100 AD)
  • GREAT HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • ANIMAL REMAINS (Unknown date)
  • ANIMAL REMAINS (Unknown date)
  • BUILDING MATERIAL (Unknown date)
  • BUILDING MATERIAL (Unknown date)
  • CLINKER (Unknown date)
  • CLINKER (Unknown date)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUILDING MATERIAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUILDING MATERIAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BUILDING MATERIAL (19th Century to 21st Century - 1900 AD to 2050 AD)
  • BUILDING MATERIAL (19th Century to 21st Century - 1900 AD to 2050 AD)
  • VESSEL (19th Century to 21st Century - 1900 AD to 2050 AD)
  • VESSEL (19th Century to 21st Century - 1900 AD to 2050 AD)
  • WINDOW (19th Century to 21st Century - 1900 AD to 2050 AD)
  • WINDOW (19th Century to 21st Century - 1900 AD to 2050 AD)

Protected Status

  • SHINE

Sources and further reading

<S1>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1880. First edition six inch map.
<S2>Map: 1840. Tithe Award Map.
<S3>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1824-1836. Ordnance Survey First Edition 1 inch..
<S4>Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.
<S5>Map: Bryant, A.. 1826. Bryant's Map of Norfolk.
<S6>Unpublished Document: Tilney All Saints History Group. 2013. Tilney All Saints History Group Test Pitting Site and Finds Records.

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