NHER 20819 (Monument record) - Site of medieval settlement and medieval and post medieval pottery

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Summary

This was the site of a small settlement during the medieval period, which continued into site NHER 28877. A house is recorded on the site in an early 15th century document. The settlement continued to be occupied throughout the post medieval period, and a building is shown on the enclosure map of 1807. Field walking has recovered fragments of medieval and post medieval pottery.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TF91SW
Civil Parish	FRANSHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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13 March 1984. Ordnance Survey field Little Fransham 116.
Field walking, demolished house site, finds from patch in trees.
Few medieval sherds including Grimston and late medieval/early post medieval.
See (S1).
Found and identified by A. Rogerson (NAU)
E. Rose (NAU) 26 October 1984

This site and NHER 28877 are recorded as Med 68 in (S2). A messuage is recorded on the site in a document dating from 1420, and a building is shown on (S3).
See (S2) for more details.
S. Spooner (NLA) 16 December 2005

Associated Sources (5)

--- SNF15621 *Fieldwork: Fransham Survey. L116. AJGR.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1> SNF59723 Archive: Fransham Field Walking Boxfile.
<S2> SNF59813 Thesis: Rogerson, A.. 1995. Fransham: an archaeological and historical study of a parish on the Norfolk boulder clay.
<S3> SNF58039 Map: Browne, J.. 1807. Great Fransham, Little Fransham and North Pickenham Enclosure Award and Map.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

SETTLEMENT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)

Object Types (2)

POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Apr 8 2026 11:44AM