Monument record 901 - Astcote

Deserted medieval settlement, first documented in Domesday. Hollow ways, partly covered by modern housing, remain and show the unusual pattern of settlement in the parish which was divided between four discrete units.

{1} Settlement remains (SP 676 532). A hollow way some 12m wide and up to 2m deep suggests a former north-south alignment of the main street. A second hollow way formerly ran south east from the village but is now destroyed by a housing estate. The remains emphasise the unusual Medieval settlement pattern in the parish which is divided between four discrete units: Pattishall [SP 65 SE 28], Astcote, Eastcote [SP 65 SE 30] and Dalscote [SP 65 SE 31] of which the first two are mentioned in Domesday.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p. 111/Site 3 (Series). SNN77382.

<2> Royal Air Force, Vertical Aerial Photography, A/P (RAF VAP CPE/UK/1926, 3038-9) (Photographs). SNN104890.

Record last edited

Feb 3 2025 8:50PM