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PLACENAME: Hinne (first mentioned 1086 in the Domesday Book). Means Island, describing its position in marshy ground. It was in possession of Blundell family from c1200. From Welsh Ynys. Ines 1212; Hynis 1243; Ynes 13th century, Ins Blundell 1332.
Ince Blundell Old Hall (18th century) stands within a landscaped park, including a temple, an ice house and a folly. There is evidence of earlier formal gardens and before that Medieval ridges and furrows of fields. 
Cross Barn was a timber framed building, which used large curved timbers or 'crucks' to shape the walls and the roof. It may have dated from the Medieval period. |
