Monument record 713 - Crowfield

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Summary

Crowfield settlement remains suggest village shrinkage

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Type and Period (4)

Full Description

{1} The name Crowfield is not recorded in documents until 1287.

{2} It is probably one of the three manors listed under Syresham in Domesday Book, perhaps the small half-hide holding with a single villein.

{3} Settlement remains (SP 616416) formerly part of the hamlet, in the W of the parish on Boulder Clay at 137 m. above OD. The name Crowfield is not apparently recorded in documents until 1287 but it is likely that it is one of the three manors listed under Syresham in Domesday Book, perhaps the small half-hide holding with a single villein. The remains are visible on air photographs taken in 1947 (air photographs in NMR) but the area has now been partly levelled by ploughing and returned to permanent grassland. The air photographs show at least four long rectangular closes bounded by low banks and shallow ditches, extending E from the N-S road SW of the hamlet. They had been ploughed over in slight, narrow ridge-and-furrow.


<1> Gover J.E.B.; Mawer A.; Stenton F.M. (Eds.), 1933, The Place-names of Northamptonshire, p.60 (unchecked) (Series). SNN5881.

<2> Ryland, W, Adkins, D, and Serjeantson, R M, 1902, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Northamptonshire, p.324 (unchecked) (Series). SNN100368.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.142/Site 4 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<4> Royal Air Force, Vertical Aerial Photography, A/P (RAF VAP CPE/UK/1926, 5224-5) (Photographs). SNN104890.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Series: Gover J.E.B.; Mawer A.; Stenton F.M. (Eds.). 1933. The Place-names of Northamptonshire. English Place-Name Society. 10. Cambridge University. p.60 (unchecked).
  • <2> Series: Ryland, W, Adkins, D, and Serjeantson, R M. 1902. The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Northamptonshire. 1. University of london. p.324 (unchecked).
  • <3> Series: Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England. 1982. An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton. 4. HMSO. p.142/Site 4 (checked).
  • <4> Photographs: Royal Air Force. Vertical Aerial Photography. A/P (RAF VAP CPE/UK/1926, 5224-5).

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 6170 4165 (350m by 222m) Transfer
Civil Parish SYRESHAM, West Northamptonshire (formerly South Northants District)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • NRHE HOB UID: 341455

Record last edited

Feb 3 2025 8:45PM

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