Monument record MKR 001 - Monks Farm

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Summary

Extra parochial farm of 92 acres. Former property of (?) Stoke (by Clare) monastery and college, purchased by Sir John Cheke.

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 71627 50610 (111m by 107m)
Map sheet TL75SW
Civil Parish MONKS RISBRIDGE, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Extra parochial farm of 92 acres. Former property of (?) Stoke (by Clare) monastery and college, purchased by Sir John Cheke in mid-late C16 (S1).
Shown as a range of buildings and named on Hodskinson's 1783 map and on OS maps up to 1904 (1920s not checked). Gone by 1958.
Note possible original Hundred Meeting Place of Risbridge Hundred (S2) -see MKR Misc.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <M1> Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. (Hundon): copy (S1)..
  • <S1> Bibliographic reference: Miscellaneous Bibliographic reference. Farrer E, 'Deer Parks of East Anglia', ms, SRO, 18.8.77, map.
  • <S2> Bibliographic reference: Dymond D and Martin E. 1999. An Historical Atlas of Suffolk (revised edition). Martin E, 'Hundreds and Liberties', 3rd ed, 1999, 26-27, map.

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Record last edited

Mar 9 2001 12:00AM

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