Monument record 94/0/6 - Medieval/Post Medieval settlement remains, Quinton

Settlement shown on a map of 1723, since demolished. Glebe Farm, three houses on the north side of the lane and another isolated building to the north-west are depicted. Only Glebe Farm still survives. Geophysical survey and trial trench excavation undertaken in 2018 identified probable closes and boundary ditches which originated in the 11th century, becoming disused in the mid 13th century. The main boundaries were reinstated in the 17th/18th centuries, some continuing in use until the later 20th century. A medieval/pot-medieval hollow way was also identified

{1} Settlement remains. Only Glebe Farm and the modern Glebe Cottage stand today but until recently there were derelict cottages alongside a narrow east-west lane to the north of the farm. The farm, three houses on the north side of the lane and another isolated building to the north-west are shown on a map of 1723. The site of the isolated building is marked by a rectangular sunken platform. The field to the north of the present farm contains old quarry pits in its eastern half and ridge and furrow in its western half. Low banks mark the position of hedges shown in 1723. The lane ran further west to the bottom of a valley. The eastern extension of the lane survives as a damaged hollow way, only the southern side of which survives.

{3} Geophysical survey undertaken in 2018 identified a complex of post-medieval remains with possible medieval antecedents close to Glebe Farm. It includes a series of probable plot boundaries, a possible trackway and areas of disturbed ground likely to contain building rubble and domestic or agricultural rubbish including large pieces of ferrous debris. There is a broad correspondence between the detected extent of the site and extent of the settlement as depicted on maps dating from 1723 onwards.

{5} Pivot stone found.

{6} Archaeological trial trench excavation was undertaken in 2018. The trenches were located in an area of small rectangular ditches forming closes and paddocks to the rear of the former settlement. There was a broadly east-west aligned hollow way along the frontage. Finds from the plot boundaries dated from the 11th century through to at least the mid 13th century, suggesting the village shrunk around this time. Some of the main boundaries appear to have been reinstated during the 17th/18th centuries continuing in use until probably the late 20th century. A large rubbish pit dating to the first half of the 20th century was also identified. A large number of finds, including building equipment, tools and fittings were recovered.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.122-3 Site 8 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<2> 1723, Map of Quinton, (unchecked) (Map). SNN27968.

<3> Walford, J, 2018, Archaeological geophysical survey of land south-east of Grange Park, Northampton, July-August 2018, p. 4 (Report). SNN111553.

<4> Crank, N. (Editor), 2019, South Midlands Archaeology (49), p. 79 (Journal). SNN111755.

<5> Cox, E, 2020, Find from Glebe Farm, Quinton (Note). SNN112030.

<6> Elston, J & Morris, S, 2018, Archaeological trial trench evaluation on land south and east of Grange Park, Northampton, August 2018 (Report). SNN112413.

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