Luddington Medieval Settlement

1 The possible extent of the Medieval settlement, based on the first edition 6″ map of 1887, 44SW.
2 The ridge and furrow plotting of the parish. Good survival in the north of the parish.
3 Domesday lists Luddington in Pathlow Hundred. The Phillimore edition gives a grid reference of 16,52.
Ref 16,60 (Land of the Count of Meulan) in Luddington 12 hides. 4 men-at-arms hold from him. Land for 9 ploughs. In lordship 5 ploughs. 20 villagers and 9 smallholders with 5 ploughs. Meadow 42 acres. The value was £8; now £6. 4 thanes held it freely before 1066 as two manors.
4 Ridge and furrow survival can be seen in the field northeast of the church. There are also earthworks in this field close to the church path.
5 The 1887 map shows a hamlet with a few plots with buildings along the road (north side) and one or two on the south side by All Saints’ Church.There is a triangular area (market?) in the centre, and orchards beyond the houses on the north side in neat fields with straight edges. The ridge and furrow plotting shows very limited survival to the west and to the northeast. Domesday indicates a fairly large and valuable settlement, but the first edition map gives few clues. Perhaps some of it lay within the dogleg of the road that turns up north to join the Stratford to Evesham Road.