Monument record 953/4/13 - Newlands (Possible Medieval Group of Tenements)

{1} The tenements along the western part of West Street, particularly where it slopes down towards the mill, would appear to have been a much later extension. This seems to be the Newlands, comprising at least 15 tenements, first recorded in the 1343-4 and presumably representing late 13th or early 14th century expansion. The Newland tenements and the church lay in the Chokes manor in the 14th century as did the castle.
The expansion of the settlement in the medieval period had probably been achieved largely by the laying out of new tenement rows. The most obvious is the Newlands, where in 1485 there were still thirteen cottage tenements, all held at 2/6d rent, except for one at 2/- and one at 3/-. None of the Newlands tenants held field land.

<1> FOARD G., 2000, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Long Buckby (Medieval + Post Medieval), (checked) (Report). SNN100746.

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