NHER 15585 (Monument record) - Possible site of Hassingham Hall

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Summary

According to Faden’s map of 1797 this is the site of Hassingham Hall. Later maps mark this as the location of Water Farm rather than a hall. The site is now a garden next to a 1960s farmhouse and the barn to rear has been rebuilt.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG30NE
Civil Parish STRUMPSHAW, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

Site of Hassingham Hall.
Marked on Faden's map 1797.
E. Rose (NAU) 20 December 1979.

Tithe Award map. Bryant's map and later maps all mark as a farm - Waters Farm on tithe - rather than a hall. Site is now a garden next to a 1960s farmhouse; barn to rear has been rebuilt though on the position of that on the tithe map.
First edition Ordnance Survey 25in map 1883 marks site as Hasingham (sic) Farm, with house and barn on site of present house and barn, but another house divided into two, to northeast.
See copy in file.
J. Allen (NLA) 16 February 1999.

18 August 1999. Observation of construction works of west side of farmyard produced no pre-modern finds or features.
Report in file.
E. Rose (NLA) 9 September 1999.

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

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Record last edited

Aug 6 2024 1:17PM

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