NHER 26104 (Monument record) - Site of medieval ditch, Westwick Street/Barn Road
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG20NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
City ditch.
Evidence for ditch in existance by 1186 to 1210 AD from Grant to Reiner, son of Swein of the land of Swein had held at Heigham next Norwich for 8 pence yearly, 1186 to 1210.
'iace t inter mesuagium suam 't possatum Norwic'.
Evidence for 'new ditch' made by burghers between 1135 and 1155 to 1158 from 'another writ of Henry II concerning the manor of Heigham - next-Norwich 1155 to 1158 AD.
'Et prohibes ne in'uste perdat terram suam que est intra novum fossatum quod burgenses fecerunt post mortem regis H. Avi mei extra villam de Norwico'. (S1).
R.R. Clarke (NCM).
Associated Sources (1)
- <S1> SNF1769 Monograph: West, J. R. 1932. St. Benet of Holme, 1020-1210. The eleventh and and twelfth century sections of Cott. Ms. Galba E.ii, the register of the abbey of St. Benet of Holme. Norfolk Record Society Publications. Vol II. pp 14, 151; No 282.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
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Record last edited
Nov 14 2012 10:41AM