Hoxne manor of the bishop of Norfolk

In the civil parish of Hoxne. In the historic county of Suffolk (Modern Authority of Suffolk, 1974 county of Suffolk).

Residential manor of the Bishop of Norfolk. Possibly included in the licence to crenellate issued to the bishop in 1328 although as this was for all his houses may not have resulted in any building work. A moated site surrounding the vicarage of St Peter and St Paul's church at the northern end of the village of Hoxne. It has been suggested that this was originally the site of the palace of the Bishops of Norwich in Hoxne, although by C14 the palace was located within New Park, on the opposite side of the road which runs past the western side of the moat. The moat ranges from about 7.5m to 12m in width and contains water. The moat borders the north and west sides of a rectangular platform measuring circa 88m north-south by 55m. (PastScape)

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TM18067754

Air Photo from Air Photo and general mapping	1st edition OS Map from Mid to late 19th century maps
Modern Map from Landscape form and features	Modern Map from General location and route planning
Geograph British Isles occasionally has photos of the site and will usually give an idea of the surrounding landscape.

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 388947
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is HXN 016; HXN 006 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website.

• Books
  • Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses Vol2 (Cambridge) p131
    Thompson, M.W., 1998, Medieval bishops' houses in England and Wales (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing) p181
    Wall, 1911, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Suffolk Vol1 p611 http://www.archive.org/stream/victoriahisto01page#page/611/mode/1up
• Other sources, 'grey' literature, unpublished works, etc. (Theses, in-house reports and other such)
  • Payne, Naomi, 2003, The medieval residences of the bishops of Bath and Wells, and Salisbury (PhD Thesis University of Bristol) Appendix B: List of Medieval Bishop's Palaces in England and Wales [available via http://ethos.bl.uk ]