Monument record 5486/0/4 - Benley Field (aka Windemill Field)

{1} ‘Windemill field alias Benley field’. The Field Book of 1606 described 8 unequal fields, one of which being Windmill alias Benley Field.The terrier of c.1700 described three major fields: one of which being, Windmill Field (46 roods).
The 1392 Survey listed a large field of 42 acres called ‘Wyndemilleposte’ among the demesne arable, and there was mention of a rood of land at ‘Wyndmyll’weye’ in a property transaction of 1400. The latter reference almost certainly involved land in the field of Wood Burcote. The Field Book of 1606 recorded a ‘Wyndemyll hyll furlong’ in the east field of Caldecote; ‘windmill field’ as an abutment of Moore field;

<1> Taylor J.; Foard G.; Laughton J.; Steadman S.; Ballinger J., 2002, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Towcester, 3.7.2 (checked) (Report). SNN103132.

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