Monument record 9 - Open Field System, Warkworth

{1} The common fields of Warkworth were enclosed by an Act of Parliament of 1764 but nothing is known of the arrangement of these fields except that Warkworth had its own field system separate from those of Overthorpe, Nethercote, Huscote and Grimsbury.

The ridge and furrow which survives on the gound or can be traced on air photos within the present parish is probably associated with the Warkworth common fields. None survives on the higher areas of the parish covered by Marlstone Rock but on the lower clay land large areas of end-on and interlocked forlongs are still visible. To the south west of the village (SP482402) ridge and furrow running down into a shallow valley appears once to have extended further down the slope, but the furlongs have been shortened, leaving short lengths of worn-down ridges beyond the later headland.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.162 site 3 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

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