Whitnash Medieval Settlement

Description of this historic site

The possible extent of the medieval settlement of Whitnash based on the Ordnance Survey map of 1887.

Notes about this historic site

1 The possible extent of the medieval settlement of Whitnash based on the OS maps of 1887, 33SE and 39NE.
2 Whitnash is listed in Domesday in Stoneleigh Hundred. The Phillimore edition gives a grid ref of SP3263.
Ref 39,2 Humphrey holds 2 hides in Whitnash. Land for 8 ploughs. In lordship 2; 5 slaves.11 villagers and 8 smallholders with 6 ploughs. Meadow 10 acres. The value was 60s; now 100s.
3 The 1887 maps shows the village strung out along the road north/south, with most buildings either near the church or around South Farm. There seems to be a boundary hedge on the west, and a discontinuous one on the eastern side. Domesday indicates quite a substantial settlement at that date, so the emptier areas in the central part may be the result of shrinkage. The is no ridge and furrow transcription for the parish, but faint survival can be seen in one or two of the narrow fields on the eastern side in an aerial photo. The church [WA1487] had a medieval foundation.
4 Evaluation at St Margaret’s Church Centre in Brunswick Street recorded only medieval plough soil, implying that this was outside of the area of medieval settlement at Whitnash.

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