1 The church (PRN 1407) stands alone, except for a cottage. Near it are the mounds and ditches where the village once stood. The original depopulator was Sir Edward Belknap ...
The Medieval deserted settlement of Whitchurch, which is still visible as an earthwork. Traces of a moat, house platforms, a hollow way and a manor house are visible. It was abandoned by the mid 16th century. It is situated around St Mary's Church, Whitchurch.
1 The field to the west of Leafield Bridge contains a number of earthworks. There are 2 ridges running approx E/W and NW/SE across the site, and a banked ...
The possible site of a Medieval field system. Field boundaries and trackways are visible as earthworks. The site was wooded during the 18th century and some of the earthworks may represent where trees once stood. The site lies in Castle Park.
1 The Home Close of Glebe Farm shows features which may be Medieval. A hollow way runs down the hill, from a large platform to the Cuttle Brook. The platform ...
The site of a Medieval deserted settlement. The remains of house platforms and a hollow way are visible as earthworks. An excavation of part of the site uncovered the evidence for timber buildings. The site is located 400m south east of the church in Long Itchington.
1 From Whitehall Farm, a hollow way runs due S through the field called ‘Fore Yard’. It turns a right angle and enters the large field known as ‘Old Yards’. ...
The site of a Medieval deserted settlement. Hollow ways and house platforms survive as earthworks. Fragments of Medieval pottery and roof tiles have been found at the site which lies to the west of Long Itchington.
1 The Domesday book records a priest and a substantial peasant population. C14 documents indicate that the population was still fairly high. The Lay Subsidy of 1428 records only 4 ...
The deserted Medieval settlement of Billesley Trussel. House platforms, hollow ways, enclosures and ridge and furrow cultivation are still visible as earthworks. The settlement is also known from documentary evidence. It is situated to the east of Billesley Hall.
1 Church stands virtually alone. The main settlement has moved to the former hamlet of Hampton on the Hill. Neither Rous nor Dugdale mention the depopulation.
2 Poor archaeology (C), excellent ...
The site of an area of Medieval shrunken village. The settlement lies in the vicinity of Budbrooke Church. Its remains are visible as earthworks.
1 ‘Norton’ occurs in Rous’ list without any further means of identification. This may refer to Norton Lindsey. The destruction of a church is recorded in 1581-90 (PRN 5440), but ...
The site of Norton deserted settlement dating to the Medieval period. Hollow ways, enclosures and possible house platforms are visible as earthworks. The settlement is known from documentary evidence and is situated 1km north of the church, Norton Lindsey.
1 The whole of this wood of 8ha overlies large and possibly Medieval ridge and furrow so it is clearly a secondary wood. There is a large holloway within the ...
Hanging Wood, a managed woodland, possibly dating back to the Medieval period. A hollow way runs along the edge of it and there are earthworks of ridge and furrow. It is situated 400m north of Tattle Bank.
1 A ‘salt maere’ (pool, possibly providing refreshment for pack animals) is referred to on the boundary of Alveston in a charter of AD 985. The fishpond in Goldicote Park ...
There is Early Medieval documentary evidence for the existence of a 'salt mere' at this site, associated with a trackway. The present fishpond in Goldicote Park, 300m south west of Long Coppice, may be its descendant.
1 A saltway ran from Twyford, north of Evesham, east through Shipston and Brailes and on.
2 Illustrative maps, showing alternative route east of Shipston.
A trackway or saltway of Medieval date. The trackway ran through Shipston and Brailes.
1 Ridgeway referred to as le Ruggeway in Sambourn (t. Ed 3) and the Rigwey in Alcester (1509).
2 Maps showing part of route.
A Medieval ridgeway, a trackway along a ridge of hills. It is known from documentary evidence.
1 Part of a holloway has been noted running to Manor Farm Cottage, Dordon.
The site of a hollow way, a path, track or road through a cutting. It dates to the Medieval period and is situated 250m west of Manor House Farm, Dordon.
1 There was arable land here in the 13th century and Rous records its depopulation. The chapel is closely connected with Hodnell, and probably located halfway between the two villages ...
The site of the deserted settlement of Ascote which dated to the Medieval period. The earthworks of house platforms and hollow ways are visible and documentary evidence exists about its desertion. It is located 200m south of Ascote Hill.
1 The probable extent of the Medieval settlement, based on the first edition 6″ map of 1884, 57SW.
2 Charter granted 15 May 1231 by Henry III to Hubert de Burgh, ...
Probable extent of Medieval settlement in Long Compton as indicated on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886.
1 The possible extent of the Medieval settlement based on the first edition 6″ maps of 1886, 58NE and 59NE and NW.
2 Domesday lists the village under Gloucestershire. The Phillimore ...
The possible extent of Medieval settlement in Little Compton as indicated on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886.
1 Naspes ‘which hath not now above four houses in it, but anciently it was more populous.’
2 Rous names this village as destroyed. I identify this village as ‘The Aspes’, ...
Cropmarks and documantary evidence suggest that there is a Medieval deserted settlement 400m south east of the Asps. The settlement may have been called Naspes.
1 Deserted settlement earthworks (hollow way, house platform etc) and ridge and furrow at Mousley End, Rowington.
A deserted Medieval settlement. House platforms, hollow ways and ridge and furrow cultivation are visible as earthworks. The site is located 300m north west of Mousley End.
2 Earthworks of enclosures and hollow ways indicate an area of shrunken settlement.
3 A settlement is first recorded as one of 24 vills granted to Earl Leofric to found a ...
Earthwork remains of a Medieval shrunken village at Priors Hardwick. Priors Hardwick is first recorded as one of 24 vills given to Earl Leofric to found the monastery at Coventry, the grant was confirmed by Edward the Confessor in 1024.
1 Dead Leys Field and the adjoining Johnsons Field contain a complex of earthworks with a well-defined hollow way and croft boundaries. A large platform at SP4660 was said to ...
The Medieval shrunken village of Chapel Green is visible as an earthwork. Among the visible features are enclosures and a hollow way. The site is located between Chapel Hill and Napton on the Hill.
1 In Bays Green is a very deep hollow way typical of those associated with DMVs in the heavy clay soils of the Feldon. Aerial photography shows the hollow way ...
The possible site of a Medieval shrunken village. A hollow way is visible as an earthwork. The site lies to the west of Chapel Green.
1 Evidence for former settlement in area SP3761 to 3761. The field in question is largely ploughed out, but possible house platforms can be discerned and one, or possibly two, ...
The site of a possible deserted settlement which dates to the Medieval period. Earthworks of house platforms and perhaps two hollow ways are still visible. The site is located 200m south west of the church, Ufton.
1 Great Packington has no village at all, the church stands by itself in the park. Army occupation has obscured the site. There are signs of buildings near to the ...
An enclosure, linear features and a trackway are visible on aerial photographs. These, together with the isolated church, suggest a Medieval deserted settlement. The site is 200m north of St James's Church, Great Packington.
1 Lower Itchington. At Old Town Farm traces of buildings once existed. Lower Itchington was once more important than Bishops Itchington and contained the church (PRN 829), but Thomas Fisher ...
The deserted settlement of Nether Itchington which dates to the Medieval period. It is known from documentary sources. Earthworks survive which may represent house platforms and cropmarks are visible on aerial photographs. It is located 1km south of Bishop's Itchington.
1 The depopulation appears to have taken place in 1505 and is recorded as resulting from the enclosure of 310 acres. 60 people were forced to leave sorrowfully. ...
The possible site of the deserted Medieval settlement of Tachbrook Mallory which is indicated by a scatter of pottery. The site lies to the north of Chapel Hill Farm.