Monument record 4218 - Great Oxendon

Great Oxendon medieval settlement remains. Earthworks of the former settlement areas are visible on aerial photographs.

{2} Settlement Remains (centered SP 733833), formerly part of the present village of Great Oxendon, lie within the village on Lias Clay and Boulder Clay between 135 m. and 150 m. above OD. Indeterminate earthworks probably the sites of former buildings, exist on the S. side of the main street S. of the hall (SP 73488332) and immediately
W. of Home Farm on the N. side of the street (SP 73208341). Further W. a hollow-way some 7 m. wide and 1.5 m. deep extends N. for some 150 m. from near the W. end of the main street, running roughly parallel to and 40 m. E. of the Farndon Road (SP 730835). This was probably an earlier road leading to either Little Oxendon or East Farndon. Some of these earthworks must be those recorded by Bridges in the early 18th century as 'banks and hollows, like the vestiges of demolished buildings'.

{3} Evidence of former settlement within the village of Great Oxendon as described about {2} is visible as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs. The earthworks appear to continue to the east, with enclosures or field boundaries located immediately to the north of Windmill Farm. Extensive areas of ridge and furrow are also visible as earthworks around the village. These features were recorded from EH Reconnaissance aerial photographs of 2012.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1830s, First Edition Ordnance Survey 1 Inch Map Series (Sheet 43), (unchecked) (Map). SNN39469.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p. 159/Site 7 (Series). SNN77381.

<3> Oblique Aerial Photograph, NMR 27429_006-013 19-MAR-2012 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN111738.

<4> Bridges J., 1791, The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire, p. 8 (Book). SNN77326.

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Feb 7 2025 2:57PM