Monument record 503/0/4 - Possible Medieval Tofts & Crofts (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation)

Earthwork: Non-destructive fieldwork

{1} Settlement remains lying to the north-west of the existing village. On both sides of a hollow way are rectangular closes or paddocks, bounded by ditches or scarps and banks which may be former house sites, though some have been overploughed by ridge and furrow. Ridge and furrow also exists within long closes to the NW which extend into the valley bottom.
Indicates that the village was perhaps once made up of three parallel streets, with the central one being the main street. Such a pattern would have been planned rather than a result of gradual growth. All the earthworks were already abandoned by 1838. Plan of earthworks Fig.146.

{2} Plan.

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

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.196+Fig.146 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP68SW19 (unchecked) (Index). SNN443.

<3> 1838, Map of Welford, (unchecked) (Map). SNN13702.

<4> 1848, Welford Tithe Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN13691.

<5> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, NCCAP:6380/001-9 (unchecked) (Photographs). SNN104822.

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Nov 12 2012 4:08PM