Welford on Avon Medieval Settlement
The possible extent of the Medieval settlement of Welford on Avon is suggested by documentary evidence.
1 The possible extent of the Medieval settlement, based on the first edition 6″ map of 1887, 43SE.
2 The ridge and furrow plotting of the parish.
3 Domesday lists Welford under Gloucestershire. The Phillimore edition has a grid reference of 14,52, which varies a little from this monument, and would be just north of the church.
Ref EG 9 (Land of St Denis of Paris) In Deerhurst Hundred Welford (on Avon) 15 hides.
4 The 1887 map shows a large, dispersed village with numerous small fields planted as orchards, and a few empty plots. It is hard to tell which of these orchards, if any, overlie earlier settlement. There is a winding lane near the church, and other lanes off the main north/south street. The ridge and furrow plotting of the parish shows some survival to the south and the northwest, but none that helps to clarify the village boundary. The church [MWA1805] dates from the C12th.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
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