NHER 12336 (Monument record) - Site of post medieval brickworks

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Summary

According to Ordnance Survey maps a post medieval brickworks existed here. A visit to the site found in 1977 found it had been disused for a long time although a single large 19th century cottage survived on site. By 1836 the area was marked on maps as a ‘brickground'.

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Location

Map sheet TG13NE
Civil Parish SUSTEAD, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

'Brick works' marked on Ordnance Survey.
Obviously not in use for many years: mostly grassed over; some water-filled pits.
One building survives, a large cottage, apparently late 19th century.
Visited by E. Rose (NAU) 17 March 1977.

(S1) marks a lime kiln on this site.
But by the 1st edition of the 1in Ordnance Survey map 1836 it had become a 'brickground'.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.

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Record last edited

Sep 16 2016 12:24PM

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