Monument record LMD 007 - Parsonage Farm formerly Melford Rectory Manor
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Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TL 847 471 (152m by 344m) |
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Map sheet | TL84NW |
Civil Parish | LONG MELFORD, BABERGH, SUFFOLK |
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Type and Period (3)
Full Description
Moat. Rectangular, occupied, isolated, on parish boundary. Terrier of 1613 states that the site of the Rectory contains an acre wherein there is a 12-room manor house with an outhouse and a 5-room dairy built on the side of the yard, a garden containing 1 rood and an orchard, also 1 rood, `al which are inclosed with a moate', also a close or `ponde yarde' with a sluice and a `swann's tofte', 2 fish ponds, & half acre toft, a `dovecoate with a smal flight of Doves' and a pound belonging to the manor (S1). Rectory moved in C18 to new site near the church, where Montgomery House now stands (S2).
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Sep 10 2009 5:21PM