Heydon Hall is an
Elizabethan
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house set in parkland near the village of
Heydon,
Norfolk
Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...
, England.
The hall is
Grade I listed
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on the
National Heritage List for England
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, and its gardens are Grade II* listed on the
Register of Historic Parks and Gardens
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.
Location
The hall is just north-east of Heydon, and about north-east of
Reepham, west of
Aylsham
Aylsham ( or ) is a historic market town and civil parish on the River Bure in north Norfolk, England, nearly north of Norwich. The river rises near Melton Constable, upstream from Aylsham and continues to Great Yarmouth and the North Sea, ...
and north-west of
Norwich
Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, with ...
from where it is best reached via the
B1149 road
The B1149 is the most direct route between the town of Holt and the city of Norwich in the county of Norfolk, England. There is no direct A-road alternative. The road joins the A140 north of Norwich at a traffic island close to Norwich Intern ...
.
History
The hall was built between 1581 and 1584 for Henry Dynne, an
Auditor of the Receipt of the Exchequer.
[ From the time of ]Oliver Cromwell
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it was first owned by the Earle family being originally bought by Erasmus Earle
Erasmus Earle (15 September 1590 – 10 September 1667) was an English lawyer and politician, who became sergeant-at-law to Oliver Cromwell.
Life
He was the only son of Thomas Earle of Sall, Norfolk and his wife Anne Founteyn (spellings vary). ...
, a Serjeant-at-law
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to Cromwell. An ancient oak tree at Heydon Park is said to be where Cromwell once hid from a bull, during a visit to Erasmus. A descendant, Mary, daughter of Augustine Earle married William Bulwer and it then came into the Bulwer family of Wood Dalling
Wood Dalling is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England. It is located south of Holt and north of Reepham, the nearest market towns.
The villages name means 'Dalla's people'. 'Wood' distinguish from Field Dalling.
The civil parish h ...
.
The original large park covered approximately but has mostly been broken up.
Film location
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