Towards a Landscape History of Walsham le Willows, Suffolk

✍ Scribed by Stanley E. West, Audrey McLaughlin

• Publisher: Suffolk County Council
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 126
• Series: East Anglian Archaeology, 85
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

With illustrations by S. E. West and D. Nuttall.

This study grew out of the archaeological field survey of the parish undertaken in the early 1980s. The discovery of a series of distinct medieval sites suggested that some correlation might be possible with the 1577 manorial survey already published. The wealth of documentary sources for Walsham includes an important series of manor court rolls, rentals and wills which have enabled the names of a significant number of the fields and tenements to be traced to the early 14th century. It has been possible to link the archaeological fieldwork with a hypothetical medieval map of Walsham drawing on the manorial surveys. The standing buildings, the surviving hedgerows and the few remaining earthworks have provided valuable fragments of information which have been incorporated into an overall view of the landscape history of the parish.

✦ Table of Contents

List of Figures
List of Tables
Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Summary
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. The Archaeological Survey
Chapter 3. The Documentary Evidence
Chapter 4. Discussion
Bibliography
Index