NHER 1591 (Monument record) - Site of medieval leper hospital
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF74SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CHOSELEY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
Lazar house at Choseley Farm; possibly here from before 1200 to the Reformation (S1).
Local legend puts chapel at bottom of pond!
Hole or well noted in pond (see file for 1323) from which 'a lot of funny old things came up when it was cleaned out; old bits of pot' (Information from farmer).
Large quantities of reused limestone in house and barn; human bones said to have been found.
See NHER 21554.
E. Rose (NAU), 19 July 1985.
Appropriate section from ref (S1) in file.
This was one of only two leper hospitals in Norfolk of the order of St Lazarus, dependant on Burton Lazars from Leicestershire, the other being Wymondham.
See (S2).
E. Rose (NLA), 12 March 2001.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF87263 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Choseley.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF4550 Monograph: Batcock, N. 1991. The Ruined and Disused Churches of Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 51. Microfiche 5:G12. No 158; p 53.
- <S2> SNF49374 Article in Monograph: Gilchrist, R. 1996. The Religious Houses of Medieval Norfolk. A Festival of Norfolk Archaeology. Margeson, S., Ayers, B. and Heywood, S. (eds). pp 86-100. p 88.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (2)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
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Record last edited
Sep 19 2013 10:02AM