Draycote Medieval Settlement

Description of this historic site

The probable extent of the medieval settlement based on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886.

Notes about this historic site

1 The probable extent of the medieval settlement based on the OS first edition maps of 1886, 34NE and 27SE.
2 The transcript of the ridge and furrow survival in the parish.
3 The first edition map shows very few houses but lots of little empty plots, most with trees or orchards in them. The ridge and furrow can be seen to abut the settlement to the northwest and northeast, and at a little distance to the east. Immediately to the southwest are the sites of a moat,bank and fishponds of medieval date. There is no church and the village is not listed in Domesday.

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