Monument record 373 - Upper Catesby

Remains of deserted Medieval settlement, seen as earthworks

{2} Burgage here in 1493; NCCAP: SP5259/002+005-7+011-14;

{3} Upper Catesby SP 528 594 probably first recorded in Domesday though included with Lower Catesby (SP 55 NW 18) and probably Newbold (SP 56 SW 7), population 25. 1301:13 taxpayers are listed for Catesby and Newbold. 1377:172 Poll Tax payers. 1379:126 Poll Tax payers. Untilled land recorded in early 15th century. 1491 Prioress of Catesby destroyed 14 houses and evicted 60 people for pasture,though which village was affected is unclear. 1517-18 60 further evictions. C1720 8 houses recorded at Upper Catesby. 1791:7 buildings depicted on map. 1834:at least 6 buildings remain. These susequently removed, and present houses built c1863-1901. Earthworks recorded in two areas. SE of the existing houses a single row of embanked closes, now destroyed by modern cultivation and to the N and W surviving earthworks indicate a hollow way running NW and adjacent possible house sites and paddocks, over ploughed by narrow ridge and furrow [RCHM plan]. The medieval parish church stood in this village

{5} Over or Upper Catesby; earthworks at SP529593 now ploughed; earthworks at SP526594 survive.

{11} This site was formerly recorded under SP 55 NW 2.

<1> Eyre T. (Revised by Jefferys T.), 1779, Map of the County of Northamptonshire, (unchecked) (Map). SNN1852.

<2> Beresford, MW, and Finberg, HPR, 1973, English medieval boroughs: a handlist, (unchecked) (Document). SNN33700.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.38/Site 2 (part checked) (Series). SNN77381.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP55NW2 (unchecked) (Index). SNN443.

<5> Gover J.E.B.; Mawer A.; Stenton F.M. (Eds.), 1933, The Place-names of Northamptonshire, p.16 (unchecked) (Series). SNN5881.

<6> Beresford M.W., 1954, The Lost Villages of England, p.366 (unchecked) (Extract). SNN7102.

<7> Allison K.J.; Beresford M.W.; Hurst J.G. et al, 1966, The Deserted Villages of Northamptonshire, p.37 (unchecked) (Report). SNN39628.

<8> Steane J., 1974, The Northamptonshire Landscape, p.174 (unchecked) (Book). SNN5137.

<9> Laughton J., 2001, Catesby in The Middle Ages: an Interdisciplinary Study, p.7-32 (unchecked) (Article). SNN102519.

<10> Billington V., 2000, Woad-Growing in Northamptonshire, p.59-70 (unchecked) (Article). SNN102516.

<11> LEE, E S., 1991, RCHME Recorder, RCHME Recorder ESL 22-JUL-1991 (Note). SNN114837.

<12> PRO series E179, PRO E179/155/31 (Document). SNN115882.

<13> Bridges J., 1791, The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire, p. 32 (Book). SNN100366.

<14> Whellan, 1874, History, Topography & Directory of Northamptonshire, p. 390-3 (Book). SNN1002.

<15> Royal Air Force, Vertical Aerial Photography, (RAF CPE/UK/1994, 1279-80) (Photographs). SNN104890.

<16> Aerial Photograph, (CUCAP, SA66) (Photographs). SNN112974.

<17> RCHME, Undated, RCHME Inventory: Northamptonshire II (Central), 889575 (Archive). SNN112900.

Record last edited

Feb 3 2025 8:28PM