NHER 12679 (Find Spot record) - Medieval bell

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Summary

A medieval bell is reported to have been found off the coast at low tide. The date of its discovery is not known.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish OLD HUNSTANTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

In the days of Sir Henry Spelman a church bell was found 'at a very low tide off Hunstanton' (i.e. Old Hunstanton detached). Said to be evidence of Reformation trading in church goods.
Information from (S1).

However it should be noted that there is in the centre of the Wash, but much further south, a sand bank called Old Bell Middle. Is this the correct find spot? Or is it a coincidence named from a bell-buoy? Or is the story apocryphal, inspired by the name of the bank? The reference to Spelman makes this less likely.
E. Rose (NLA), 8 December 1999.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Archive: Bolingbroke family. 1300's-1960. Bolingbroke Collection. Norfolk Record Office.
  • BELL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Record last edited

Dec 11 2006 10:37AM

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