Monks Hall

The story of a Waveney Valley manor house and estate told through the lives of its owners, occupants and admirers – a tale that spans 1000 years.

Monks Hall

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This story of a Waveney Valley manor house and estate is told through the lives of its owners, occupants and admirers, a tale that spans 1000 years and provides a fascinating social history of rural England in one place, extensively researched and written by someone with a love of the Waveney Valley.

The manor was unusually well documented from medieval times because it was owned by the monks at Thetford Priory, who kept a detailed record of expenditure and gave a description of a house recognisable today, despite its 16th century ‘renovations’. After the dissolution of the priory in the mid 16th century, a succession of owners and scientifically gifted absentee landlords neglected to modernise the hall, leaving it remarkably little changed over the centuries until it was restored and renewed in the 1930s.

The people who lived at Monks Hall weathered famine, riots, plague, religious intolerance and war; their family lives reflect the rigours of country living over a millennium.

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About The Author

Elaine Murphy

Elaine Murphy is an independent life peer, Baroness Murphy of Aldgate, a well known academic psychiatrist and dementia specialist. She worked in the NHS for 25 years becoming Foundation Professor of Psychiatry of Old Age at the medical schools of Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals from 1983 to 1996. In her retirement she undertook a Ph.D in Social History, and, as well as being the author of many academic books, she now writes on
the history of her beloved Waveney Valley and counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. her other Poppyland books include, Monks Hall: The History of a Waveney Valley Manor and the 21st century commentary in Suffolk Scene: A Book of Description and Adventure.

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