Monument record 805/0/21 - Medieval/Post Medieval Closes

{1} On the north side of the street in the west of the settlement a back lane divides the tenements from their closes. This lane, which survived in 1947 as a hollow way, appears to have existed in 1548. The closes to the north of it, which also survived as earthworks, in 1548 belonged to the adjacent tenements. However they could have contained houses at an earlier date, for ridge and furrow did not survive within them in 1947. This area is now wholly ploughed and fieldwalking survey could determine whether there was ever occupation along this back lane.

{5} Low banks and scarps to the north of the former hollow way (805/0/38) perhaps indicate former house sites.

<1> FOARD G., 1999, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Fotheringhay (Medieval and Post Medieval), (checked) (Digital archive). SNN100481.

<2> 1696, Fotheringhay 1696, (unchecked) (Map). SNN100483.

<3> 1793, Fotheringhay Inclosure Map 1793, (unchecked) (Map). SNN100484.

<4> 1806, 1806 Schedule to 1716 map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN100482.

<5> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.47 site 38 (checked) (Series). SNN77379.

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Feb 28 2011 12:29PM