Stretton on Dunsmore Medieval Settlement

Description of this historic site

The probable extent of the medieval settlement at Stretton on Dunsmore based on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886, and on aerial photographs.

Notes about this historic site

1 The probable extent of the medieval settlement based on the OS map of 1886, 27SE.
2 The ridge and furrow plotting of the parish.
3 Domesday lists the village in Marton Hundred. The Phillimore edition has a grid ref. of SP4072.
Ref 12,3 Reginald holds 5 hides in Stretton (on D) from Earl Roger’s Holding. Land for 7 ploughs. In lordship 3 ploughs; 8 slaves; 20 villagers and 6 smallholders with 14 ploughs. Meadow 5 acres; woodland 3 furlongs long and 1 wide. The value was £3; later 100s; now £6.
4 The 1886 map shows quite a dense settlement west of the Fosse with intersecting roads and dog-leg lanes. The ridge and furrow survival shown on the aerial photo transcription abuts the village on the north western side, and approaches to the south west. The remains of a medieval church lie in the churchyard of the present church [WA3111]. Other records of medieval activity are the site of a moat [WA3135], house platforms [WA8340, and a manor house [WA3133 and WA3134].

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