Record Details
NHER Number: | 12289 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Globe Inn bowling green |
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Summary
This is the largest bowling green in the country and dates from before 1777.
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Location
Grid Reference: | TG 3310 0955 |
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Map Sheet: | TG30NW |
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Parish: | BLOFIELD, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
The bowling green behind the Globe Inn is one of the oldest in the country, dating from before 1777.
See (S1).
Septemebr 1979. Visited.
Unhappily now disused, and turned into pub garden set with chairs etc. Can still be recognised as a bowling green by its raised edges. Large disused pavilion behind.
E. Rose (NAU) 26 September 1979
Monument Types
- BOWLING GREEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
--- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
<S1> | Archive: Bolingbroke Collection. |
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