LYNG HALL

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Earthwork remains of moated complex, licenced in 1343.

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(TG 01222888) Lyng Hall (NR) (Site of) (1)

The remains of the manor of John de Sane from whom it passed to Alice de Luton during Henry III and was then called Luton fee. Afterwards it came to the Gerbridge family and Thomas Gerbridge held it in 1287. It is first mentioned as Ling Hall in 1359. (2)

A fine example of a moated manorial complex. The earthworks at this site are very strongly constructed and are in a good state of
preservation. The site is covered by a thick wood.

Surveyed at 1:2500.

There are no extant remains of the Hall.

The extant features comprise a central moated work (the site of the Hall) from which four irregular ditched enclosures extend to form a substantial well defended site; the main moat measures internally 43.0m north-south by 32.0m east-west and the enclosed area is at the same height as the surrounding general levels. The ditches attain a maximum depth of 4.5m and a maximum width a circa 17.0m. The original entrance would appear to have been at the south west corner. A marshy area at TG 01182895 is probably an original fishpond. No building foundations are evident at any point. There is much seasonal water in the ditches. (3)

No change since report of 7.3.73. Survey of 1.3.73 correct and transferred to 1:2500 MSD. (4)

Licenced in 1343. (5)

Additional source. (6)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 6" 1959

( 2) General reference

Hist of Norfolk 1808 8 312 (F Blomefield)

( 3) Field Investigators Comments

F1 JB 07-MAR-73

( 4) Field Investigators Comments

F2 FDC 21-JUN-77

(5) David J Cathcart King 1983 Castellarium anglicanum : an index and bibliography of the castles in England, Wales and the Islands. Volume II : Norfolk-Yorkshire and the islands

Page(s)310

(6) Anthony Emery 2000 Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales 1300-1500, Volume II: East Anglia, Central England and Wales

Page(s)124 166

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