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Stoughton Grange
Hob Uid: 319314
Location : Leicestershire Harborough Stoughton
Grid Ref : SK6322002040
Summary : Medieval moated site; probably the later - 15th century - location of the Augustinian grange of Leicester Abbey (see also SK 60 SW 40).
More information : SK 6322 0204 Moat in Stoughton parish. (1) This feature has been filled in levelled off and grassed over. Sited adjacent to Stoughton Grange Farm, it was almost certainly the location of the monastic grange, later manor, that once belonged to the Abbey of Leicester . (2) SK 630022 Courtney quotes documentary sources regarding Stoughton Grange dating from the foundation of Leicester Abbey in the mid 12th century, when the manor of Stoughton was granted to the Abbey by Earl Robert 'le Bossu' and from 1301 a series of post Dissolution references recording the changes of ownership of the grange. The medieval grange almost certainly lies beneath the present 'Stoughton Grange'. (3) The original site of the grange appears to have been at SK 6389 0213 - see SK 60 SW 40 which seems "to have moved to the south-west of the parish in the late 15th century". This later location probably equates with the present site. (4)

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Source details : B A Harper/12-DEC-1969/Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigator
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Source details : RAF APs 106G/UK/636, 3264-5
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Source Number : 1b
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Source details : Nichols J. 1798. History and Antiquities of Leicestershire Vol 2 pt 2 851
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Source details : B H Seaman/10-JAN-1972/Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigator
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Source details : Trans Leicestershire Arch Hist Soc 56 1980-1 44
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Source details : Richard Mead/02-JUL-1996/RCHME: NMR Archaeological Recording
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
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Monument Start Date : 1400
Monument Type : Moat, Augustinian Grange
Evidence : Sub Surface Deposit, Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Leicestershire)
External Cross Reference Number : 60SW Z
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SK 60 SW 11
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Relationship type : Is referred to by

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Relationship type : General association

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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1972-01-10
End Date : 1972-01-10

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Stoughton Grange