Possible Extent of Upper Shuckburgh Medieval Settlement

1 The possible extent of the Medieval deserted settlement of Upper Shuckburgh, based on the first edition OS map of 1886, 41NW, and the second edition map of 1887, 41NE, including the deserted areas, nos 4928 and 858.
2 The ridge and furrow plotting of the parish.
3 The first and second edition maps show Shuckburgh Hall, estate, deer park and church and farm. There are no other houses. The southeast corner shows what looks like the remains of a boundary hedge. The ridge and furrow plotting shows survival all round the estate, together with evidence of earthworks. The church [WA863] dates from the C13th.
4 The settlement is first recorded in Domesday along with adjacent settlement of Lower Shuckburgh. However, by the 1390’s there is evidence of deserted house sites within the village on land owned by the Priory of Wroxhall The settlement survived but underwent several phases of depopulation and reorganisation culminating in its emparkment in the 17th century. Linear settlement evidenced by a series of prominent earthworks and hollow way.