Barcheston Medieval Settlement

Description of this historic site

Probable extent of Medieval settlement in Barcheston as indicated on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886 and from ridge and furrow earthworks on aerial photographs.

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Notes about this historic site

1 Possible extent of the Medieval settlement based on the first edition 6″ map, 54SW 1886.
2 The ridge and furrow plotting for the parish shows earthworks to the east and southeast, (the shrunken settlement WA 2253), and ridge and furrow survival which extends to the edge of the settlement to the north, south and east.
3 Listed in Domesday in Barcheston Hundred. Grid ref 2639. Two references:-
28,10:- Johais holds 2 1/2 hides in Barcheston. Land for 3 1/2 ploughs. In lordship 2; 5 villagers and 7 smallholders
with 1 1/2 ploughs. Mill at 100d; meaddow, 12 acres. The value now 50s.
44,9:- Aelfric holds 1 hide and 1 1/2 virgate of land in Barcheston from the King. Land for 2 ploughs. In lordship 1.
4 villagers have 2 ploughs. Meadow 10 acres. The value now 40s.
4 The 1886 map shows no buildings at all except for the manor house, rectory and mill. Only the footpath to the east
remains to indicate the limit of the earlier plots.