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Small, square moat, wet with sides 48 yds long. Scheduled.

Letheringham Water Mill on River Deben.

Unlocated Westley sub-manors of Leo's/Luce's Hall (from 1148), Westley otherwise Pembroke al Dunham Hall (from 1086, with pigeon house listed in 1324) and Fresels (from 1286). Details in (S1). Formerly recorded as WLY MISC

Deer Park first recorded in 1449.

Common visible on Hodskinson's Map of 1783.

Letheringham Abbey: Great House built by Sir Robert Naunton, Secretary of State to James I, after the converted priory building adjacent to the church was burnt down circa 1610 (S1)(S2). listed building

Letheringham Priory: Small priory of Augustinian (Austin) canons, dedicated to Blessed Virgin Mary, founded in late C12 (S1)(S2), perhaps circa 1194 (S3) by William de Bovile, lord of the manor of Letheringham. Scheduled

Thin layers of coke and charcoal in saltmarsh section, from 5 - 25cm below the present surface.

Church and churchyard, site of, said to lie in the meadow opposite Letheringham Mill.

May 1970: Ipswich ware pottery sherds, found on river bank near water mill in May 1970, where cattle had trampled the bank down while drinking.