NHER 31770 (Monument record) - Field Barn, site of Santon Warren Lodge

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Summary

Field Barn contains parts of Santon Lodge, a medieval warren lodge. Santon is listed as a medieval warren in old documents dating to the late 15th century. The whole of the surrounding area is marked as a warren on a map made in 1752. The boundaries of the warren were the same as those of Santon parish - earthwork banks NHER 31217 and NHER 8155 to the west and east, the modern road to northeast and the river to south.

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Map sheet TL88NW
Civil Parish LYNFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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Probable site of Santon Warren Lodge.
Santon is listed as a medieval warren in (S1), although no date is given for its documentation.
Recent work by source [1] on documents relating to Thetford Priory has shown that a lodge is documented at Santon in the late 15th century.
The 1752 map of Earl of Cadogan's estate (S2) shows virtually the whole of the area as warren and a building on this spot is marked as 'Warren House'. It may be possible that there are traces of an earlier medieval warren lodge on this site, perhaps incorporated into later farm buildings.
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The boundaries of the warren were the same as those of Santon parish - earthwork banks NHER 31217 and NHER 8155 to west and east, the modern road to northeast and the river to south.
K. Sussams (SAU) 22 January 1996.

Confirmed that one wall and parts of two others of medieval lodge remain in barn.
See notes in file.
E. Rose (NLA), 19 September 2001.

2008 - 2009. Breckland warrens field survey.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • --- Unpublished Document: Mason, A.. The Investigation and Analysis of the Sites of the Medieval Warren Lodges in Breckland.
  • --- Unpublished Document: Rose, E.. 2001. Building Report.. Building Report.
  • <S1> Monograph: Bailey, M.. 1989. A marginal economy?: East Anglian Breckland in the later Middle Ages ..
  • <S2> Map: Skynner, T.. 1752. Map of Santon parish in the Earl of Cadogan's estate. NRO 21391.

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Record last edited

Feb 7 2018 5:59PM

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