Monument record 9962 - Open Field System, Creaton

The common fields of Great Creaton were enclosed by an Act of Parliament of 1782.

{1} The common fields of Great Creaton were enclosed by an Act of Parliament of 1782. Though no map seems to have survived, the Enclosure Award (Central Library, Northampton) indicates that there were four open fields in 1782. These were Upper Field in the N.W., Middle Field to the N. and N.E. of the village, West Field to the S.W., and Nether Field occupying the long E. projection of the parish. Ridge-and-furrow of these fields can be traced on air photographs over large areas, though little remains on the ground. Two end-on furlongs are partly preserved in the N.E. of the parish in Creaton Covert (SP 720725) and later artificial fox-earths have been inserted into the ridges. Further S.E. (SP 723722) the ends of another furlong are preserved in a narrow belt of scrub along a field boundary. Elsewhere air photographs show blocks of interlocked and end-on furlongs carefully adapted to the broken valley sides with their numerous spurs.

The date of the enclosure of the common fields of Little Creaton is unknown. Ridge-and-furrow of these fields exists on the ground S. and S.E. of the site of the deserted village (10) and elsewhere air photographs show traces of end-on and interlocked furlongs

Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p. 58-60 (Series). SNN77381.

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