Lower Tysoe Medieval Settlement

Description of this historic site

Possible extent of the Medieval settlement of Lower Tysoe as suggested by the first edition Ordnance Survey map of 1886, and by aerial photographs.

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Notes about this historic site

1 Possible extent of the Medieval settlement based on the first edition map of 1886, 51SE.
2 Extensive ridge and furrow survival is shown on the parish plotting.
3 The Phillimore edition of Domesday gives a grid ref for Tysoe of 33,44 which is closer to Upper Tysoe, but the entry is presumably for the whole of Tysoe.
4 The 1886 map shows a very dispersed village with no clear centre and no church. Lots of the small outer fields contain orchards, and there are also empty plots and fields. The ridge and furrow plotting shows survival all around the settlement; it abuts the road on the northern side and reaches to the edges of the orchards/empty fields elsewhere.
5 In 1334 Subsidy valued at £131. Market (Charter) Wed; gr 13 May 1341, by K Edw III to Ralph de Stafford, steward of the kings household. To be held at the manor. Fair (Charter) vf+2, Peters Chains (1 Aug); gr 13 May 1341, by K Edw III to Ralph de Stafford, steward of the kings household. To be held at the manor (location uncertain).
6Area of settlement earthworks considerably increased after exammination of lidar image.