A HISTORY OF SUFFOLK 



HOMESTEAD MOATS 



(Class F) 



Acton (Ixiii, i6). — Balesden Hall, ij miles 

 south-west from Lavenham, has a narrow moat in- 

 closing a large quadrangular site, partially divided 

 by an intermediate branch extending 300 fr. in- 

 wards from the south-western side. That part 

 surrounding the grounds adjacent to the Hall 

 would appear to have been the original moat — 

 containing fish-ponds — and the extension towards 

 the north-west a later addition. On the north- 

 east another square moat surrounds a plot of land 

 in the centre of which is another piece of water. 



Acton (Ixxii, 3). At Acton Hall, 2 miles 

 east from Melford, north of All Saints' Church, a 

 portion of an elliptical moat remains in the form 

 of a horse-shoe. 



Alderton (Ixxxiv, 3). — At Alderton Hall, 

 5 miles north-east from Felixstowe, is the greater 

 part of an oblong moat, with an extension 

 branching from the south-western angle in a 

 westerly direction. 



AsHBOCKiNG (Ixvi, 4). — Ashbocking Hall, 5 

 miles east from Needham Market, retains but a 

 small portion of its once extensive moat. The 

 east side remains, and it may be traced to a cer- 

 tain extent on the south and west. 



Ashbocking (Ixvi, 4) — ' FeofFee Moat,' north- 

 east of Ashbocking Green, is a remnant of an 

 irregular oblong defence. It is, however, partly 

 filled up, and various cuttings projecting from its 

 main trench disfigure its original plan. 



AsPAix (xlvii, 8). — At Aspall Hall, ij miles 

 north from Debenham, is a strong oval moat. 



Athelington (xxxvii, 9). — At Athelington 

 Hall, west of the village and 4 miles south-east 

 from Eye, are two moats in close proximity one 

 to the other. The greater part of a square one — 

 the south-western corner having gone — opens 

 into a small pond at the north-western angle ; 

 Otherwise it is regularly formed with an entrance 

 on the north. The other moat, to the south-west 

 of the first, is rectangular on the west and circular 

 on the east, with spreading ponds on the north. 



Athelington (xxxvii, 10). — The greater part 

 of a small oblong moat is situated to the east of 

 the village. 



Bacton (xlvi, 2). — At Redhouse Farm, Earls 

 Green, 5 miles north from Stowmarket, is a very 

 perfect quadrangular moat. 



West of the last-mentioned are the remains of 

 a narrow moat at Bacton Old Hall with exten- 

 sions which probably surroimded other tracts of 

 land. 



Bacton (xlvi, 3). — Manor House Farm retains 

 three sides of a quadrangular moat, the south side 

 having been filled up. 



At Pulham's Farm, ^ of a mile south of Bacton 



Church, a moat — rectangular on the western 

 side but almost circular on the eastern — is still 

 perfect. 



One mile south-west of St. Mary's Church 

 another moat, quadrangular in plan with an 

 excrescence surrounding an islet at the western 

 angle, surrounds the site of the ancient rectory. 



Bacton (xlvi, 6). — At Bacton Hall, west of 

 Bacton Green, y^- miles north-east from Need- 

 ham Market, is a narrow moat of many angles 

 irregularly surrounding the ancient hall and its 

 grounds. 



Bacton (xlvi, 7). — At Kerry's Farm, Cow 

 Green, are pieces of two adjacent rectangular 

 moats. 



Also Russell's Hill Moat, south of Cow Green, 

 an oblong moat, clearly traced on the north of a 

 narrow stream by which it was formerly fed with 

 water. 



Badingham (xxxviii, 14). — Badingham Hall 

 moat, 5 miles north-east from Framlingham, is 

 an imperfect oblong. 



Badingham (xlix, 9). — At Moat Farm, north- 

 east of Brabling Green, is an extensive irregular 

 oblong moat. The south-eastern side is almost 

 destroyed by a roadway. 



Badwell Ash (xxxv, 9). — A fragment of a 

 very broad moat is at Green Farm, Badwell 

 Green, 4^ miles north-west by north from 

 Haughley. 



Badwell Ash (xxxv, 13). — At Cutchey's 

 Farm, half a mile east from Great Ashfield, is an 

 oblong moat widening into a pond on the west. 



Bardwell (xxxiv, 2). — To the west of the 

 church of SS. Peter and Paul, 6^ miles north- 

 east from Bury St. Edmunds, is the greater part 

 of a quadrangular moat. 



Barham (Ixvi, 10). — One side only of a broad 

 moat remains at Barham Hall Farm, 4 miles 

 south-east from Needham Market. 



Barking (Ixv, 7). — Barking Farm Moat, 

 south-west of Barking Tye, 2 J miles south-west 

 from Needham Market, has more than half 

 perished ; the remaining portion consists of one 

 side and its two angles. 



Barnardiston (Ixii, 5). — Two sides of a 

 narrow moat remain at Barnardiston Hall, 5 miles 

 north-west from Clare. 



Barnardiston (Ixii, 9). — A small moat sur- 

 rounded the old rectory, north-east of the church, 

 of which three sides remain. 



Barningham (xxiii, 8). — In *Moat Planta- 

 tion,' 8 miles north-east from Bury St. Edmunds, 

 is a cutting which appears to have formed part of 

 a moat, from the northern angle of which a 

 channel connected it with ponds at the Old Hall. 



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