NHER 6162 (Monument record) - St Margaret's Church and Bayfield deserted medieval village, Bayfield, Letheringsett with Glandford
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
Location
| Map sheet | TG04SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | LETHERINGSETT WITH GLANDFORD, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
No remains.
Medieval sherds found.
St Margaret's ruined church, late 11th century, extended 14th/15th century later partly demolished. Roofless.
Large statue of 1919 inside.
Context 1 at TG 0495 4049.
See file for details, press cutting and photographs.
E. Rose (NLA), 5 August 1988 & 1993.
Appropriate section from (S2) in file.
1919-1966. World War One memorial fragments installed at church ruins.
See HER Notes (S11) journal article (S10), listing description for NHER 63857 (S ) for further details.
1956. Excavation.
D. R. Howlett found the surround, set with alternate yellow and green glazed tiles, and the flint-lined soakaway of the font inside the ruined nave.
Information taken from (S9).
November 1996.
A small, two-cell church, probably of c.1100 although the bellcote and tracery are fourteenth century and the chancel in its present form is fifteenth century
See (S7) for further information
H. White (NLA), 12 March 2009
1997. Geophysical Survey.
Resistivity Survey of church - see (S3).
Examined the nave and an area south of the church. Revealed a number of anomalies, but no clear evidence for chapel on south side of the chancel.
The results of this survey are summarised in (S8).
D. Holburn (HES), 5 December 2011.
March 2003. Norfolk NMP.
The ruined church of the potential deserted medieval settlement near Bayfield Hall can clearly be seen on NLA aerial photographs from a range of dates, 1974 - 1990 (S4-6). It is located at NGR TG0496 4048.
H. Clare (NMP), 1 April 2003.
Associated Sources (30)
- --- SNF12566 Aerial Photograph: TG0440 P-S.
- --- SNF87565 Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. 1957. Other Archaeological Excavations 1956. Norfolk Research Committee Bulletin. Series 1 No 9 (for 1956) p 2.
- --- SNF65347 Article in Serial: Heywood, S. 1995. Church of St Margaret, Bayfield.. The Quarterly.
- --- SNF65348 Correspondence: Blakeney Area Historical Society. 1998. Letter. 6 May.
- --- SNF49212 Drawing: Various. Various. Architectural plans.
- --- SNF82418 Leaflet: C.L.S. Linnell. 1961. Letheringsett with Bayfield Church and Parish. Home Words.
- --- SNF4914 Monograph: Bryant, T. H. 1902. Hundred of Holt. The Churches of Norfolk. Vol IX. pp 7-9.
- --- SNF58263 Monograph: Pevsner, N. and Wilson, B. 1997. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 382.
- --- SNF94329 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1928. The Glaven. An Unknown Norfolk river. 30 March.
- --- SNF62401 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1975. Backcloth to game fair. 26 February.
- --- SNF9664 Photograph: EGN 6-8.
- --- SNF82889 Photograph: Photographic record of Bayfield Church. Print.
- --- SNF87262 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Late Saxon. Letheringsett.
- --- SNF87263 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Letheringsett.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 04 SW 12a [2].
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- --- SNF2259 Serial: 1956. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. No 3. p 2.
- --- SNF54455 Unpublished Document: Rose, E.. Building Report.. Building Report.
- <S1> SNF3533 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1956. Archaeological tour included visit to Bayfield Hall. 27 May.
- <S10> SNF100368 Article in Serial: Ferroussat, M. 1999. Norfolk War Memorials Project : Part II. Glaven Historian. Vol 2, pp 14-21.
- <S11> SNF97838 Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service.
- <S2> SNF4550 Monograph: Batcock, N. 1991. The Ruined and Disused Churches of Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 51. Microfiche 5:G12. No 51; p 51.
- <S3> SNF7524 Article in Serial: Carnell, P. & Wright, J.. 1997. Bayfield Church.. The Glaven Historian. Vol 1, p 30ff.
- <S4> SNF55985 Aerial Photograph: 1974. SMR TG 0440A-B (NLA 10/ACG18-19) 08-JUL-1974.
- <S5> SNF55986 Aerial Photograph: 1984. SMR TG 0440/L-M (NLA 145/AVU11-12) 18-APR-1984.
- <S6> SNF55987 Aerial Photograph: 1990. SMR TG 0440N (NLA 275/GEP5) 01-AUG-1990.
- <S7> SNF70454 Unpublished Contractor Report: Williamson, T. 1996. Bayfield Hall Estate. Heritage Landscape Management Plan. Volume 4. History. University of East Anglia.
- <S8> SNF82757 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 1999. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1998. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIII Pt II pp 369-387. p 377.
- <S9> SNF2276 Article in Serial: Wilson, D. M. and Hurst, J. G. 1958. Medieval Britain in 1956. Medieval Archaeology. Vol I (for 1957) pp 147-171. p 155.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (5)
Object Types (2)
- FLOOR TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
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