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Wartoft Grange
Hob Uid: 315479
Location : Leicestershire North West Leicestershire Isley cum Langley
Grid Ref : SK4460024580
Summary : 18-19th century Farmhouse on site of a Grange of Norton Priory, extant in 1346. There are no visible remains.
More information : [SK 4460 2458] Whartop Grange [T.I.] (1) "Wartoft. This small hamlet originally called Wavertoft Grange, was formerly a grange belonging to the priory of Norton in Cheshire ... In 1346, the prior of Norton ... was assessed 5s. for half a quarter of one Knight's fee in Wartoft juxta Donington. Some old walls shew where the old Grange stood, on the site of which a modern farm-house is now built." (2) No known as WARTOFT GRANGE. No trace of Md grange remains. (a) The present farmhouse and buildings are of 18/19th c. brick. No trace of an earlier house was seen. (3)

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Source details : OS 6" 1922.
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Source details : "Hist. & Ants. Leics.", Vol.3, pt.2, 1804, p.785. (J. Nichols)
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : F1 WW 27-JAN-60
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Source Number : 3a
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Source details : Oral: Mrs. Edwards, Occupier.
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : eXTANT IN 1346
Monument End Date : 1346
Monument Start Date : 1346
Monument Type : Augustinian Grange
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
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Monument End Date : 1900
Monument Start Date : 1700
Monument Type : Farmhouse
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SK 42 SW 13
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Relationship type : General association

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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1960-01-27
End Date : 1960-01-27

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Wartoft Grange