Monument record SXL 014 - Larners Wood; Lionel's Wood (1843); Lawnes Wood (1638)

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Summary

Ancient woodland as defined in (S1).

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 797 629 (285m by 319m) Centred on
Map sheet TL76SE
Civil Parish THE SAXHAMS, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Ancient woodland as defined in (S1). For details of history and earthworks see (S1), the Suffolk Wildlife Trust, English Nature and the County Council Countryside section (Peter Holborn and Geoff Sinclair) & various Oliver Rackham works including (S2).
Area mapped, extended after area named Lawnes Wood in 1638 (S2). Part of former deer park - see SXL 011.
Named Lionel's Wood on Tithe map (S4).

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <S1> Unpublished document: Nature Conservancy Council. June 1992. Suffolk Inventory of Ancient Woodland (provisional).
  • <S2> Bibliographic reference: Rackham, O.. 1988. Medieval Woods. An Historical Atlas of Suffolk, 50-51.
  • <S3> Bibliographic reference: Miscellaneous Bibliographic reference. Gage J, History of Antiquities of Suffolk: Thingoe Hundred, 1838, map facing p 138.
  • <S4> Map: 1840. Little Saxham Tithe Map and Apportionment.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Aug 12 2016 3:19PM

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