Medieval moat or drainage pond at Hobby Binns (EHER 1202)

Incomplete moat to the west of the now demolished house. Ordnance Survey visit in 1975 suspected it was not a moat.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: Very incomplete moat lies west of Hobby Binns. It is very incomplete. <1> <2> Name mentioned 1517, 1544, 1549, 1567, 1580, 1669. To be associated with family of William de 'Inde' (1429) and Alexander 'Avynde' (1522). John of 'Ynde' had land in Brandenende (1548) and took his name thence-(I'nd) is Essex dialect pronunciation of 'end'. <3> April 1975. Field survey. Hobby Binns demolished and the site is now used for waste dumping which has partly filled in an irregular shaped drainage pond adjacent. The pond is overgrown and abuts the road on the south side and in no way resembles a protective homestead moat. <4> <5> 1977. Field visit. Incomplete, rectangular. 6m wide on the east, 14m on the south west, 1m deep to the water. One side expanded. It is waste land in arable land. Old barn on site recently demolished, swept into west arm of moat. <6> Plan from sketch by Stokes from OS 25" and site visit is on back of MSRG card and on back of SMR sheet. <7> Moat (NR). <8> Area = 0.01