Deserted Settlement at Freeman's Green, Oldberrow

1 Although no buildings are shown surviving in 1839, earlier maps suggest a hamlet clustered at a minor crossroads (OS field sheet 1814). This settlement is named as Freemans Green in 1822. The road linking it to Oldberrow had been closed by 1839. A clay pipe found here has been dated to between 1800 and 1840. The site has been surveyed. There are indications of further settlement to the NE of this site, just within the adjacent parish of Ullenhall, where brick foundations lie upon a raised platform, and other raised platforms further N. The site of this settlement, straddling the parish boundary, is highly indicative of squatter settlement upon waste land beside the boundary brook.
2 The abandonment of this hamlet is associated with closure of many of the roads in the parish owing to estate policy.
3 Plan.