Monument record 8320 - Open Field System, Flore

{1} The common fields of the village of Flore were enclosed by an Act of Parliament in 1778. Though no Enclosure Map is known to survive it is clear from the Award that there were at that time three open fields, East Field lying between the Glassthorpe boundary and Brington Road, Middle Field between Brington Road and the road to Brockhall, and West Field covering most of the west of the parish. Ridge and furrow of these fields exists on the ground or can be traced on air photographs over large parts of the parish. It is arranged mainly in end-on or interlocked furlongs though on the steep valley sides and spurs along the W. and N.W. sides of the parish it is arranged in a radiating pattern down the slopes. Large areas still survive in the pasture N. of the village at the south end of the former Middle and West Fields, as well as further north, south west of Flore Fields House (SP 642620), in the former West Field.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.93 Site 6 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

<2> 1779, Flore Inclosure Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN108937.

<3> Hollowell S., 1999, Northamptonshire Inclosure: The Commissioners and Other Officials, p.45 (unchecked) (Article). SNN102530.

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