Shottery Medieval Settlement
The possible extent of the Medieval settlement of Shottery. The extent of the settlement is suggested by evidence on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886.
1 The possible extent of the Medieval settlement, based on the first edition 6″ map of 1886, 44NW, and excluding the possible shrunken area 892, and the possible deserted area 1047.
2 Not listed in Domesday.
3 Mentioned in 1252 in connection with serfdom.
4 The ridge and furrow plotting of the parish.
5 The 1886 map shows a village at the intersection of roads. A central area is enclosed by lanes. There are a few empty plots.The ridge and furrow plotting shows extensive survival to the north and to the northeast where it abuts the village.
6 Grant of 33 ‘cassati’ at Shottery in an 8th century charter with boundary clauses by King Offa.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
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