Monument record 403/0/1 - Possible Medieval & Post Medieval Closes

Settlement remains, formerly part of Barby village, were located north of Ware Road but have now been built over. Some medieval pottery has been found.

{1} Settlement remains, formerly part of Barby village, lay immediately south of the site of the manor house and north of Ware Road. The area has been completely built over, but air photos showed a number of rectangular embanked closes along Ware Road, with a hollow way between them linking the road with the manor house site. A quantity of medieval pottery, mainly of the C13th, has been found in the garden of a house here. The area was devoid of buildings by 1779.

{3} NCCAP:SP5470/003+6-7.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.14 Site 3 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

<2> 1779, Barby Enclosure Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN9465.

<3> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, (unchecked) (Photographs). SNN104822.

<4> Royal Air Force, 1940s, RAF Vertical Aerial Photographs, (RAF VAP CPE/UK/1994 1482-3 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN105266.

<5> Vertical Aerial Photograph, CUAP,ACA75 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN112695.

<6> Cadman G., 1988, Barby Castle: Archaeological Evaluation Report (Full Report). SNN55278.

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Jun 20 2022 1:21PM