1 A field centred at the above grid reference and lying within the Wappenbury earthwork contains traces of village earthworks and ridge and furrow. The NE corner contains ridge and ...
The site of an area of shrunken village at Wappenbury, dating to the Medieval period. Earthworks are visible on aerial photographs and these include several house platforms and hollow ways, as well as ridge and furrow.
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 Rous and Dugdale indicate shrinkage but there has been resettlement.
2 Examination of aerial photographs shows the modern village to be bounded by ridge and furrow.
The site of a possible shrunken settlement at Little Wolford dating to the Medieval period. Aerial photographs show the modern village is surrounded by Medieval ridge and furrow.
1 The population of Weethley is now less than half of what it was at the beginning of the C19, and inequalities in the soil near the church suggest that ...
The site of a Medieval shrunken village at Weethley and traces of ridge and furrow cultivation. The site is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs and is also known from documentary evidence. It is situated 400m south of Weethley Farm. Lidar evidence shows that many earthworks are extant.
2 Earthworks of probable hollow ways and croft boundaries show on aerial photographs. Ridge and furrow is evident beyond these earthworks. This probably represents an area of abandoned Medieval settlement.
The Medieval shrunken settlement of Ansty. Evidence for ridge and furrow cultivation, a hollow way and house platforms survive as earthworks. The site is located 200m south of Ansty Hall.
1 Shrunken village of Chesterton Magna. This is still a dispersed village. Beresford places the site in ‘Town Grounds’/’Little Town’ (cSP3458). Rous lists depopulation here and reports 79 families in ...
The shrunken village of Chesterton Magna. The village became depopulated during the Medieval period. The remains of the Medieval village and areas of ridge and furrow are visible as earthworks, which are situated to the west and south of Chesterton Green.
1 The village consists only of the church and rectory and a few scattered farms and cottages. Depopulation occurred in the Medieval period (PRN 550) and in the 17th century ...
The site of a Post Medieval shrunken village at Spernall. The site is known from documentary evidence and areas of ridge and furrow are visible as earthworks.
1 The Manor House is fairly remote from the village centre, and is surrounded by pasture fields, which show vague and indefinite earthworks. Two footpaths cross Wardens Close, ...
The possible site of an area a shrunken village dating to the Medieval period. There are earthworks of ditches, house platforms and ridge and furrow which are visible on the ground and on aerial photographs. It is located 400m north of the church, Fenny Compton.