Monument record HXN 004 - Saxon Religious House at Abbey Farm

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Summary

Hoxne Priory (site of).

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 182 763 (176m by 243m)
Map sheet TM17NE
Civil Parish HOXNE, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

Hoxne Priory (site of).
A small religious house dedicated to St Ethelbert, King and Martyr (executed 794) is said to have existed here in pre-Norman times (S1). Theodred Bishop of London & E Anglia in will, c.951-5, left land at Horham `into Hoxne into sce. Aethelbrichtes kirke ther godes hewen', i.e. `to God's community at St Ethelbert's Church in Hoxne'. Bishop Aelfric of Elmham also made a bequest in 1035 & 1038, `to the priests at Hoxne' (S2). The `hewen' or community of priests is perhaps more likely to have been serving the main Hoxne church (see HXN 018).

2017: Ground penetrating radar geophysical survey was successful in recording anomalies of a structure which may be indicative of walls and rubble spreads, likely to relate to the medieval priory and the post-medieval farmhouse (S3).

2019: see Med for GPR survey results

See Med for later priory on this site.

Sources/Archives (6)

  • --- Unpublished document: Everett, L.. 2000. Archaeological Monitoring Report: Abbey Farm, Hoxne.
  • --- Unpublished document: Tester, A.. 1999. Archaeological Monitoring Report: Abbey Farm, Hoxne.
  • <S1> Bibliographic reference: Victoria County History of Suffolk (Vol I 1911; Vol II 1907). VCH, Suffolk 2, 76-77.
  • <M1> Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files.
  • <S2> (No record type): Whitelock D, Anglo-Saxon Wills, 1930.
  • <S3> Unpublished document: Schofield, T.. 2017. Geophysical Survey Report, Abbey Farm, Ground Penetrating Radar Survey, Hoxne.

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Record last edited

Mar 6 2023 3:50PM

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