NHER 12289 (Monument record) - Globe Inn bowling green

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Summary

This is the largest bowling green in the country and dates from before 1777.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG30NW
Civil Parish BLOFIELD, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

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The bowling green behind the Globe Inn is one of the oldest in the country, dating from before 1777.
See (S1).

Septemebr 1979. Visited.
Unhappily now disused, and turned into pub garden set with chairs etc. Can still be recognised as a bowling green by its raised edges. Large disused pavilion behind.
E. Rose (NAU) 26 September 1979

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Archive: Bolingbroke family. 1300's-1960. Bolingbroke Collection. Norfolk Record Office.

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Record last edited

Nov 24 2005 1:31PM

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