JH/BLY/29 - [Manorial history]

JH/BLY/29

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[Manorial history]

1699
1759
1777
1787
1797
1847
1955
1967-1988

126 items

Day, J. J.
Warner, Peter

Bickers Heath, Wenhaston
Mill Heath, Wenhaston
Blyford Green
Chapel Field, Wenhaston

Contains correspondence and independent research into the history of manorial ownership of Blyford Estate and surrounding areas, this includes correspondence between JH and Peter Warner who was carrying out research in the 1980s; photocopied plans and family history records from record offices, including information on the Day family the former owners of Blyford Estate; a 1699 map of Bulcamp; photocopied plans of Sotherton Farm and of the River Blyth from Halesworth bridge to Blythburgh bridge; 1847 plans of Holton; photocopies of 18th century correspondence regarding Blyford; a 1955 notice from the Tithe Redemption Commission; letters concerning the registration of land as common land in 1967; correspondence between JH and J.J. Day, Lord of the Manor of Blyford, concerning manorial rights and the development of Chapel Field; amendments to existing commons acts and regulations which apply to Black Heath, Mill Heath, Bickers' Green, Blyford Green, and a triangle of land outside of the Queen's Head Pub in Blyford; and enquiries as to the history of the chapel of Bartholomews at Wenhaston.

See also [JH/COM/6] for registration of the triangle of land outside of the Queen's Head Pub, Blyford.