1 There were 29 houses at Sawbridge in 1730.
2 Today there are fewer than ten houses and this indicates depopulation after 1730. There are probable house platforms on either side ...
The possible site of a Post Medieval shrunken village for which documentary evidence survives. House platforms, a hollow way and ridge and furrow cultivation are all visible as earthworks. The site is located 500m to the east of Sawbridge.
1 In ploughed field pottery and coin of George III picked up. Features have been ploughed out but it was possible to pick up the line of shallow hollow ways ...
An area of shrunken village at Knightcote which dates to the Post Medieval period. It is known from the earthwork remains of house platforms and hollow ways. A Post Medieval coin was also found.
