Monument record 4032/0/1 - Closes & House Sites on North Side of Woodlands Lane

Great Oakley post medieval shrinkage

{1} Settlement Remains (SP 870856) formerly part of Great Oakley, on the Eside of the Harper's Brook in Oakley Hall Park, on limestone at 90 m. above OD. The remains consist of a series of embanked closes extendingfrom the road on the S to the stream, with disturbed areas, presumablythe sites of former buildings, at their S ends. Two houses are shown here on a map of 1744, but empty closes also marked on the map, as well as the existing earthworks, indicate that there were once at least two other houses.

{2} Two houses shown in 1744, but empty closes also marked on the map suggest that there were once at least two other houses here.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.25/Site 19 (checked) (Series). SNN77380.

<2> 1744, Map of Great Oakley, (unchecked) (Map). SNN30144.

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Apr 22 2024 3:29PM