Monument record 1244/0/2 - Earthworks of Former Settlement by The Green

Possible former house sites to the south-east of The Green and faint traces of a hollow-way. The former village layout was disrupted by the construction of the Grand Junction Canal in 1800.

{1} Settlement remains (SP 796427) formerly part of Cosgrove, lie at the extreme NE end of the village, on river gravel, at 65 m. above OD. Faint traces of a hollow-way, continuing the line of Main Street and The Green, are visible running NE towards Castlethorpe, Buckinghamshire. To the SE of The Green and cut into by later gravel-pits are very indeterminate earthworks which may be the sites
of former houses. Though these remains are slight, they emphasize the relatively simple layout of the village before it was disrupted by the construction of the Grand Junction canal in 1800. Until then
the village probably consisted of a single street extending from the church in the SW to The Green. The Main Street was blocked by the canal, except for pedestrian use, and traffic was diverted in a
broad loop to the N on which all subsequent development has been based. The Rectory garden and the new graveyard have obliterated any trace of the original street between the canal and the church but a modern footpath follows the approximate line.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.34 Site 4 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<2> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, NCCAP: SP7942/002-3 (unchecked) (Photographs). SNN104822.

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Jul 7 2022 2:22PM