Monument record 8594 - Open Field System, Ashton

{1} The common fields of the parish were enclosed by an Act of Parliament of 1816. The Draft Enclosure map of 1817-18 shows four named fields, Warren Field in the north west, Breach Field in the north east, South Field in the south west and Bossenham Field in the south east; the latter included a small part of the parish which is now in Hartwell. The same four fields are shown on an earlier map of 1768. Very little of the ridge and furrow of these fields survives or can be traced from air photos. There is one block west of Ashton lodge (SP 771508) known as Nether Furlong on the 19th century map, and another north of Bozenham Mill (SP 767484). Of a small group of end-on and interlocking furlongs west of the village, some were on land shown as old enclosures in both 1768 and 1817.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.7 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77382.

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