Monument record 2919 - Henwick deserted medieval hamlet

Deserted medieval remains formerly part of the Hamlet of Henwick lie immediately north of Bulwick Hall in parkland.

{1} Field name: Henwick Field.

{2} Settlement remains, formerly part of the Hamlet of Henwick, lie immediately north of Bulwick Hall in parkland at 225 feet above OD. Although Henwick is said to be 'lost' it is still the name given locally to the existing houses to the west of the Willow Brook and north of Bulwick Park. In addition in 1728 the area north west of these houses was called Henwick Field. There were thus in medieval times two distinct settlements separated by the brook.

The remains consist of one well-preserved house site with associated features ('a' on Fig. 36) some rather more indeterminate earthworks to the north which may be the sites of other buildings and a series of long closes bounded by low banks. The double-banked ditch which separates the earthworks of the settlement from the adjoining ridge and furrow to the north west ('b'-'c' on Fig. 36) is marked as the road on the 1728 map.

{5} No precise date has been suggested for the adandonment, but several tenements were still recorded there in the late 15th century {4}.

{7} Henwick, so called DMV, incorrect term as it was integrated if not economically then tenturial with Bulwick.

<1> 1728, Map of Bulwick (NRO Map 763a), (unchecked) (Map). SNN102457.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p. 24 site 4 & Figs 30 & 36 (Series). SNN77379.

<3> Kennedy A.; Cadman G., 2000, Bulwick Estates Forest Plan: SMR Assessment Report, (unchecked) (Report). SNN100912.

<4> TRYON PAPERS, TB 24/2-4 (unchecked) (Manuscript). SNN48057.

<5> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.186/Site 4 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<6> Gover J.E.B.; Mawer A.; Stenton F.M. (Eds.), 1933, The Place-names of Northamptonshire (Series). SNN5881.

<7> Taylor, CC, 1978, Aspects of village mobility in medieval and later times, p. 134 (Report). SNN110876.

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