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Minsmere is a place in the English county of Suffolk. It is located on the North Sea coast around north of Leiston and south-east of Westleton within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB. It is the site of the Minsmere RSPB reserve and the original site of Leiston Abbey. ==History== At the Domesday Survey in 1086 Minsmere was known as ''Menesmara'' or ''Milsemere''.〔(Minsmere ), ''Domesday book online''. Retrieved 2012-10-31.〕 It is recorded as having six households headed by freemen with one plough team.〔(Minsmere ), ''Open Domesday''. Retrieved 2012-10-31.〕 The manor, which was in the Hundred of Blythling, was held by Roger Bigot.〔 Ranulf de Glanvill, King Henry II's Lord Chief Justice, founded an abbey on the marshes at Minsmere in 1182,〔(Archaeology and history ), ''RSPB'', 2011-02-14. Retrieved 2012-10-31.〕 but, probably due to an increased risk of flooding, this was abandoned in favour of Leiston Abbey in 1363.〔(Coastal levels ), Suffolk Landscape Character Typology, ''Suffolk County Council''. Retrieved 2012-10-31.〕〔(A stranger in Leiston ), ''Suffolk Magazine'', 2010-06-25. Retrieved 2014-03-04.〕〔(Minsmere Sluice chapel, Eastbridge ), ''Suffolk Churches''. Retrieved 2012-10-31.〕 Peat cutting is recorded to have taken place at Minsmere dating back to at least the 12th century〔(Minsmere peat cuttings, of at least 12th century date ), ''Heritage Gateway''. Retrieved 2012-11-01.〕 and a 1237 description of the coastline describes Minsmere as a port.〔 Minsmere is recorded in the 14th century as being a small village with around 10 homesteads, but these had all been lost to the sea by the 16th century. A survey of 1587 records that the early Tudor period 'entrenchments' at Minsmere were in ruins and recommended that they be rebuilt.〔(Medieval battery 1485-1540 ), ''Heritage Gateway''. Retrieved 2012-11-01.〕 During the 18th century Minsmere, Eastbridge and the Sizewell gap were renowned as a hotbed for smugglers.〔(History ), ''The Eel's Foot Inn''. Retrieved 2012-10-31.〕〔(Suffolk ), Smugglers' Britain. Retrieved 2014-03-10.〕 A coastguard station operated at Minsmere in the 1840s in an attempt to control smuggling along this stretch of the coast.〔White W (1855) ''History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Suffolk, and the Towns Near Its Borders'' (second edition), Sheffield: R. Leader, p.505, ((available online ))〕 The marshes along the Minsmere River were drained for agricultural use in the 1840s〔〔White W ''op. cit.'' p.318〕 but reflooded during the Second World War to defend against invasion along the East Anglian coast. A number of military defences were built in the area, including pill boxes, anti-tank blocks and barbed wire defence lines.〔 Cottages and a beach cafe on the coast at Minsmere sluice were evacuated, used as target practice and later demolished.〔(A Walk around Suffolk's Minsmere Bird Reserve ), Griffmonsters Great Walks. Retrieved 2014-03-10.〕〔(Sluice Cottages Minsmere ), Leiston cum Sizewell newsletter, Autumn 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-10.〕 The Minsmere RSPB reserve was established in 1947, making use of the wetland habitats reintroduced by wartime flooding.〔〔(Milestones ), ''RSPB''. Retrieved 2012-10-31.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Minsmere」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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