Avon Dassett Medieval Settlement

Ridge and furrow earthworks in Avon Dassett

Warwickshire County Council

Description of this historic site

The probable extent of settlement at Avon Dassett during the Medieval period which has been identified on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886.

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Notes about this historic site

1 The probable extent of the Medieval settlement based on the first edition 6″ Ordnance Survey map, 52NE 1886.
2 Listed in Domesday in Hunsbury Hundred. Grid ref: 4150. Ref 16,5:-
(land of the Count of Meulan) in (Avon) Dassett 10 hides. 3 thanes held it; they were free.Land for 12 ploughs. In lordship 3 ploughs; 10 slaves. 12 villagers with a priest and 5 smallholders have 7 ploughs. Meadow 50 acres. Value now £8.
3 The ridge and furrow plotting for the parish shows extensive survival, particularly to the south and west. There is a featureless area between the edge of the ridge and furrow and the settlement, both to the northwest and the southeast.