NHER 1962 (Monument record) - Quarles deserted medieval settlement and church
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF83NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WALSINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
Quarles deserted settlement and church.
Ruined by 1571. Village was mentioned in (S1) and (S2), but had gone by 1713. (S3) says that Quarles means 'circles'.
5 October 1977. Visit.
Only one flint wall foundation 60cm (2 feet) high 90cm (3 feet) wide and about 4.5m (15 feet) long, but overgrown with bushes. No trace of village, though farmworkers say that 'bricks and things' have been ploughed up nearer the farm. E. Rose (NAU), October 1977.
1332. 31 taxpayers in Quarles with Egmere.
1428. 10 householders.
1368. Inventory of Church Goods.
Information from (S4).
R. J. Rickett (NAU), 19 July 1990.
Associated Sources (10)
- --- SNF4550 Monograph: Batcock, N. 1991. The Ruined and Disused Churches of Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 51. Microfiche 5:G12. No 126; p 53.
- --- SNF60288 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1998. Quarles folk had their pick of two churches. 10 June.
- --- SNF60287 Photograph: Batcock, N.. 1962. IV. 4. Quarles..
- --- SNF87263 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Walsingham (Great).
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF58189 Publication: Brown, P (ed.). 1984. Domesday Book: Norfolk. Parts 1 and 2.
- <S2> SNF57241 Monograph: Nomina Villarum.
- <S3> SNF5911 Publication: Ekwall, E.. 1960. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Placenames.
- <S4> SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 83 NE 2 [2].
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (1)
- BRICK (Undated)
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Record last edited
Apr 6 2016 9:29AM