Monument record 400/13 - Village green

{1} The north part of the village, beyond the loop, is built round a large roughly rectangular green. This plan has been explained as a characteristic type of settlement in a forest environment, with the freedom to develop loops and greens unconfined by the limits of the common fields. However it seems that the true explanation is more complex, for example the large rectangular green to the north of the loop with a back land on the west might be interpreted as a deliberately planned extension to the original village.

{2} Regularly set-out green, possibly created to house cottage tenants. There are approximately 20 properties on western, nothern and eastern sides of the green shown on enclosure map of 1779.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.8 site 4 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

<2> BROWN A.E., 1991, Badby, Northamptonshire, p.19-21 (unchecked) (Article). SNN41344.

<3> 1779, Badby Enclosure Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN8913.

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Aug 22 2014 11:27AM