Monument record MCC7570 - Badcocks Farm

Summary

Incomplete, irregular moat.

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 900 210 (126m by 135m)
Map sheet TL92SW
Civil Parish COPFORD, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Map

Type and Period (3)

Full Description

Moat. <1> Incomplete, irregular moat; sketch plan on back of MSRG card. <2> <3> Other ref. <4> Great and Little Badcocks Farm probably to be associated with the family of John Badecock 1365. <5> Farmhouse and late C15 hall house with gabled cross wings rebuilt in the C16. <6> Manorial moat. <7>

Site Assessment = The moat was filled in some time ago; part of it is now a pond. <1>

Sources/Archives (7)

  • <1> MENTION: unknown. unknown. SMR.
  • <2> LIST: unknown. unknown. TL92-039.
  • <3> Map: unknown. unknown. TL92-039.
  • <4> DESC TEXT: RCHME. 1922. An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex - Volume 3. Vol 3, p.92.
  • <5> DESC TEXT: Reaney, PH. 1935. Place Names of Essex. p389.
  • <6> DESC TEXT: Department of the Environment. 1982. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Colchester Rural. p71.
  • <7> DESC TEXT: Wright, T. unknown. History of Essex.

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Record last edited

Dec 4 2015 2:44PM

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