Monument record 2129/0/1 - Settlement remains, Mill Lane

Cogenhoe settlement remains suggest village shrinkage or movement

{1} Deserted by 1630. Area to the east of Mill Lane called 'Cowpasture'.

{2} T.C.Welsh speculates that earthworks to the north-east of Cogenhoe village may be former defensive circuits and/or boundaries surrounding the hill, as opposed to medieval settlement remains. ?Possibly related to Iron Age finds on south and west of village?

{3} Settlement remains (SP 831611) formerly part of Cogenhoe village, lie immediately NE of Cogenhoe Church on both sides of Mill Lane, on clay land sloping N to the R. Nene, between 52 m. and 74 m. above OD. To the W of the lane are two long closes of unequal length, bounded by scarps up to 1.5 m. high. There are slight traces of a former building at the E end of the N close, but a sewage plant has destroyed the E end of the S close. To the W of the latter is a large embanked pond, and to the S, between it and the existing houses, is a series of low platforms and scarps, possibly the sites of former buildings. E of Mill Lane are further remains, though these have been ploughed over, and almost destroyed. Only two long scarps and a number of indeterminate platforms, possibly the sites of former buildings, remain. On the S are traces of a broad hollow-way which continues the line of the existing street E and passes between the settlement remains to the N and ridge-and-furrow to the S. (Air photographs in NMR). The whole site had already been abandoned by 1630. At that time the land E of Mill Lane was known as Cowpasture, while that to the W was called Mill Close.

<1> 1630, Map of Cogenhoe (Map). SNN22696.

<2> Welsh T.C., 1996, Correspondence, (checked) (Correspondence). SNN42850.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.21-2 Site 10 (checked) (Series). SNN77380.

<4> Aerial Photograph, AP (FSL 6565, 1906-8) (Photographs). SNN112974.

<5> RCHME, Undated, RCHME Inventory: Northamptonshire II (Central), 890001 (Archive). SNN112900.

Record last edited

Mar 27 2024 12:17PM