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| Name: | Fishpond and alleged nunnery - Lindfield |
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| HER Ref: | MWS5797 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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Designations - none recorded
Summary
Ruins of 'Lindfield Nunnery' as they appeared in 1601 are illustrated by a drawing copied on to a Tithe Map of 1844.{1} {8} The original drawing was once in the possession of an HE Drayson, who evidently surveyed the 1845 map at the Tithe Redemption Commission, and recorded on it, centred at TQ35622616, 'The site of a priory which was quite unknown prior to this survey. HLD'. Another Tithe Map of 1848 by the same surveyor, records the site in the same words at TQ35652607. Ruins were noted in c.1860; these were on the right hand side of the drive from Paxhill Park lodge gates to Paxhill 'midway between the old fishpond and Nunnery Wood'. The 'Nunnery' had a screen of five trees in the front. Five trees are shown on the OS 6ins map of 1879 at TQ35702625. No evidence for a nunnery has been found; Knowles and Hadcock do not mention it, although Holland refers to one and Lower records a tradition here.{1]{2}{3} {4}{5}{6}
Monument Types
- FISHPOND (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
- MONASTERY (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
Sources
| <1> | Bibliographic reference: 1927. Mid Sussex Times. 27-12-27. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Vaughan HV. 1928. Mid Sussex Times. 3-1-28. |
| <3> | Cartographic materials: Tithe Commission. 1848. Tithe Map for the Parish of Lindfield. |
| <4> | Bibliographic reference: Maitland G. 1948-9. Sussex N & Q. 12:116-7. |
| <5> | Bibliographic reference: Camden W. 1637. Britannia. 313 (edited by Holland P). |
| <6> | Bibliographic reference: Lower MA. 1870. History of Sussex. 2:29. |
| <7> | (No record type): |
| <8> | Graphic material: 1844. The Ruins of Lindfield Nunnery as they appeared in 1601 from a drawing in the possession of H. E. Drayton. (WSCC source files). |
Associated Events - none recorded
Associated Monuments
- MWS3529 - Related to: Motte and Bailey Castle at Lindfield (Monument)
Associated Finds - none recorded
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