More information : [TF 3284 4175] Tytton Hall [T.I.] MOAT [G.T.] (1)
[Area TF 329 418 (5)] The lost hamlet of Tytton in Wyberton,
which was mentioned in 1316, is represented by Tytton hall. The
name is now applied to a modern farm-house, near which is the
moated site of the earlier mansion. Margart Tytton of Wyberton
married John Coppeldyke, who was Sheriff of the county in 1488.
The Tytton name does not appear in the Register Book of 1538,
and the family had probably become extinct by that time.
Air photographs (6) show slight disturbance and some faint marks east of the present building, but the traces are not typical of a deserted hamlet. (2-6)
The only evidence of medieval occupation in this area, of
pasture and park land, is fragmentary rig and furrow, and
traces of old field boundaries.
Tytton Hall, much restored and extended, has a late 18th c.
south frontage, and is believed by the owner to occupy the same
site, and incorporate remains of the original Hall.
Three sides of the moat can be traced, but the indictions are
vestigial.
Published (25") survey revised. (7)
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