Monument record 952/0/8 - Possible Medieval/Post Medieval Tofts (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation)

Earthwork: Non-destructive fieldwork

{2} To the north-west and inside the parkland is another series of closes, most of which are in a rather mutilated state. These closes were already abandoned by 1740, but the houses which stood at their south ends, along Main Street and Park Lane, were still there in 1771 and in 1840. This indicates that the houses had their gardens taken away, perhaps in the C18th when the park was being laid out, and the gardens were incorporated within the park. The houses however survived well into the C19th and perhaps as late as 1860 when many new estate cottages were erected in the village. Earthwork plan.

<1> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, Used with NMR & CUCAP collections (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.191-2 Site 4 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

<3> 1740, Map of Watford Park?, (unchecked) (Map). SNN14507.

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Mar 17 2011 6:19PM