Monument record 849 - Kislingbury

Medieval settlement earthwork remains indicate a possible aggregate village plan.

{1} Settlement remains (SP 697594) formerly part of Kislingbury, lie on the E side of Church Lane, S of the church, on gravel at 66 m. above OD. Only two battered scarps and some disturbed ground indicate the sites of buildings which once lined the street at this point. The remains lie within the rather irregular W part of the village, which consists of a single lane running N-S with the church at the N end, and with another lane from the mill joining the first about halfway along. The E part of the village, including the present High Street, is quite different and appears to be an almost exact rectangle of streets which on the N, W, and S have never had buildings on their outer sides. It is possible that the W half of the village is older, while the E is a later, perhaps planned addition to it.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.96/Site 1 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<2> 1779, Kislingbury Enclosure Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN18263.

<3> Royal Air Force, Vertical Aerial Photography, (RAF CPE/UK/1926, 4031-4) (Photographs). SNN104890.

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Feb 3 2025 8:47PM