Oxnead
Villaggio abbandonato · Regno Unito
- Abbandonato
- sconosciuto
- Fondato
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- Popolazione
- —
- Coordinate
- 52.768, 1.303
Perché è stato abbandonato
🏛️ Rovine antiche
Rilevato automaticamente dal testo: deserted medieval village in Norfolk, United Kingdom
Storia
Oxnead is a lost settlement and former civil parish, now in the parish of Brampton, in the Broadland district, in the county of Norfolk, England. It is roughly three miles south-east of Aylsham. It now consists mostly of St Michael's Church and Oxnead Hall. The hall was the principal residence of the Paston family from 1597 until the death of William Paston, 2nd Earl of Yarmouth in 1732. Under Sir William Paston (1610–1663), Oxnead was the site of several works by the architect and sculptor, Nicholas Stone, master-mason to Kings James I and Charles I. In 1931 the parish had a population of 66.
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