Stretton on Dunsmore Medieval Settlement
The probable extent of the medieval settlement at Stretton on Dunsmore based on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886, and on aerial photographs.
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].
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
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