Towards a Landscape
History of Walsham Le Willows, Suffolk
by S.E. West
and A. McLaughlin
East Anglian Archaeology 85
Suffolk County Council 1998
112 pages, 70 figures (including 7 colour maps and two fold-out
maps)
This study grew out of the archaeological field survey of the
parish undertaken in the early 1980's. 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 include 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.
Price £18.00 (£20 including postage and packing - UK only)
Available from:
Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service
Shire Hall
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP33 2AR
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