Monument record YOX 004 - Bush Corner

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Summary

Site of Yoxford Manor (R1).

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 389 701 (100m by 100m)
Map sheet TM37SE
Civil Parish YOXFORD, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Site of Yoxford Manor (R1). Manorial survey or 'Drag' of 1471 states that the manor was 'walled about with walls and a moat, which said site was formerly built upon, and was then called the inner court of the manor. Men now living have seen jambs and posts'. Site was approximately square, the main entrance from due S along a ditched causeway known as the Old Entry (S1).
Linear pond shown on OS map? part of the moat.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <R1> (No record type): Parr R T L, Yoxford Yesterday (typescript circa 1907-47, Ipswich Record Office).
  • <S1> (No record type): Scarfe N, Suffolk in the Middle Ages, 1986, 147.
  • <R2> (No record type): Warner P, Blything Hundred: A Study in the Development of Settlement (Leicester PhD thesis, 1982), .

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Nov 16 2012 12:33PM

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