Monument record 4384 - Scaldwell

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Summary

Scaldwell was a large village at Domesday in 1086 with three manors, a priest and a mill. It is one of the few settlements in the county which doesn’t appear to have shrunk or shifted.

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Full Description

{1} Scaldwell village is noteworthy in that it has no earthwork remains of former settlement and appears to be one of the few villages in the county which has undergone neither movement nor shrinkage. It is centred upon a rectangular green with the street system radiating from it.


<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p. 169-70 (Series). SNN77381.

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  • <1> Series: Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England. 1981. An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton. 3. HMSO. p. 169-70.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 76858 72440 (317m by 389m) Approximate
Civil Parish SCALDWELL
Unitary Authority West Northamptonshire

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  • None recorded

Record last edited

Oct 13 2026 9:55AM

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