Monument record 860 - Cold Higham

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{1} The parish contains, as well as Cold Higham the hamlet of Grimscott, which is the largest settlement, and the deserted village of Potcote. It was enclosed in 1812 (NRO Incl 19 is the original Award & Map, 1813). Map 2913 is the draft enclosure map, c.1812. It shows the great fields, named furlongs and landuse before enclosure. Both maps were used to identify landscape features.
Landuse types such as the heath and the common are identified by a green shading and by having ‘heath’ or ‘common’ written across them. However the area shaded green north of the road at Grimscote mill has nothing written on it mapped to landuse table as ‘uncertain, common’). Similarly, there is an area shaded green on the north-west side of the map which has no identifying term. That it has some significant landuse can be determined from the shading and the fact that though it has lines drawn and numbers attached to it, the lines are not hedges and it is clearly still open and there are no furlong names. The OS first edition 1:10560 shows a farm on the edge of the township boundary just below the boundary of the shaded area which is called ‘The Downs’. A building is also shown at this location on the draft enclosure map but unnamed (mapped to land use as ‘uncertain, possibly common pasture’).
There is an area on the map to the east of the settlement called ‘The Lizard Closes’, mapped as a single polygon of extent to the ‘land use’ table. These are clearly not ancient enclosures and may represent ‘field closes’. That is to say they are part of the open field system not extracted from it, as ancient enclosures were. They would be enclosed when the open field they were part of was under crop but when that field became commonable, they too would be thrown open. It is unusual to find evidence of this type of land use as it is only represented on draft enclosure maps, and even then it is rarely seen. In view of this, the data for Cold Higham is important as it represents a rare example of pre-enclosure land use.

{2} One of three medieval settlements in the parish, the village of Cold Higham itself is very small.


<1> Hall D.N.; Britnell T., 2000?, South Northamptonshire Historic Landscape: Part III, p.10 (unchecked) (Report). SNN103302.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.32 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Report: Hall D.N.; Britnell T.. 2000?. South Northamptonshire Historic Landscape: Part III. p.10 (unchecked).
  • <2> Series: Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England. 1982. An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton. 4. HMSO. p.32 (checked).

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 6623 5356 (291m by 267m) Transfer
Civil Parish COLD HIGHAM, West Northamptonshire (formerly South Northants District)

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Record last edited

May 11 2023 4:34PM

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