NHER 11910 (Monument record) - 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.

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Location

Map sheet	TG41SE
Civil Parish	MAUTBY, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK
Civil Parish	WINTERTON ON SEA, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

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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

Associated Sources (5)

--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1> SNF4598 Serial: Blomefield, F.. 1805-1810. An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk.. Volume Unknown.
<S2> SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 42 SE 2.
<S3> SNF47253 Serial: Sandred, K.. 1996. The Placenames of Norfolk.. Vol 2.
<S4> SNF47276 Article in Serial: Cornford, B. 1998. The Lost Domesday Vill of Ness. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIII Pt I pp 168-172.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

DESERTED SETTLEMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Record last edited

May 3 2022 10:37AM