Monument record RKN 025 - Lime kiln

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Summary

Lime kiln at Rickinghall Inferior still remaining in 1981 (S1).

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 0271 7552 (180m by 215m)
Map sheet TM07NW
Civil Parish RICKINGHALL INFERIOR, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Lime kiln in chalk pit at Rickinghall Inferior still remaining in 1981 (S1). Shown on 1880s & 1904 maps at cited grid reference within chalk pit (S2) and `Limekiln' named on OS 1st ed map of 1837 (S3). Also recorded on tithe and enclosure documents of 1819 and on tithe map of 1839 listed as owned by John Amys (S4)(S5).
For late C17 `lime burner' from Rickinghall Superior see RKS Misc.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <S1> (No record type): Suff Indust Archaeol Soc, Newsletter 20, December 1987.
  • <S2> (No record type): OS, 1:2,500 map, 1904.
  • <S3> (No record type): OS, 1st ed 1 inch mpa, 1837.
  • <S4> Map: 1839/40. Rickinghall Inferior Tithe Map and Apportionment. Rickinghall Inferior tithe map & apportionment, 1839-1840, SRO (Bury).
  • <S5> (No record type): Rickinghall Inferior enclosure, 1819, SRO (Bury).

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Related Events/Activities (2)

Record last edited

Nov 21 2022 2:08PM

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