NHER 14406 (Monument record) - Deserted Late Saxon settlement of Walsingham

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Summary

The deserted Late Saxon settlement of Walsingham is mentioned in documents as early as 1046, and is recorded as having a church in Domesday Book. The exact site of the settlement is unknown.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish EAST CARLETON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Mentioned in Domesday Book as Walsincham, in 1046 as Walsingham, and in wills of about 1060.
Site lost.
See (S1).

See notes in file.
Domesday Book records the village as having a church.
E. Rose (NLA) 6 February 1996.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Publication: Ekwall, E.. 1960. Dictionary of English Placenames. 4th edition.

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Record last edited

Nov 1 2005 3:41PM

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