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| Name: | WHEEL HALL |
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| NY SMR Number: | MNY12083 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Last edited: | 07/05/1993 |
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| Grid Reference: | SE 610 381 |
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| Parish: | 8015 Riccall; Selby |
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TRIPLE MOATED EPISCOPAL PALACE OF THE SEE OF DURHAM. 1 MOAT REMAINS. MENTIONED IN 14TH CENT. 16TH CENT REPAIRS TO CHAPEL AND 'DRAWDIKE'. 1662 REFERENCES TO THE OLD GATEHOUSE AND WATER GATE HOUSE. IN THE 18TH CENT A FARMHOUSE WAS BUILT ON THE SITE. EXTENSIVE FOUNDATIONS NOTED IN 1856. THE REMAINS OF A MOAT AROUND THE PALACE SITE AT WHEEL HALL SAID IN THE C19TH AND 1947 TO BE SURROUNDED BY A TRIPLE MOAT WITH THE RIVER OUSE FORMING THE SW SIDE. THE OS 1:10000 MAP (1989) SHOW ONLY THE NW AND NE SECTIONS SURVIVING
Form: Earthwork
Sources and further reading
| <1> | SNY1 - Card Index: Ordnance Survey. various. Ordnance Survey Record Card. SE63NW004 |
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