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Monument Number 212396
Hob Uid: 212396
Location : Wiltshire Bremhill
Grid Ref : ST9789072990
Summary : Malmesbury Abbey had a grange at Bremhill. Manor Farm has been suggested as the site of the grange, but there is confirmatory evidence.
More information : ?ST 97897299) Manor Farm (TI). (1) Malmesbury Abbey had a grange at Bremhill and old walls bound the farm-yard and homestalls of Manor Farm adjoining the church. A new house had been built within living memory in 1828 and the mansion-house destroyed. (2,3) There are no details of any pre-Reformation work at Manor Farm. The farmyard walls are undateable but quite unexceptional. (4)

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Source details : OS 6", 1960
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Source details : History of Bremhill, 197,26, 1828, W.L. Bowles.
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Source details : Chippenham, 1921, 25 (J.L. Osborn)
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : F1 NVQ 15-JAN-68
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Benedictine Grange
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : ST 97 SE 8
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Relationship type : General association

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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1968-01-15
End Date : 1968-01-15

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 212396