Monument record 4800 - Hartwell (Chapel Farm)

Remains of a Deserted Medieval Village, including house platforms, a large enclosure, fishponds and a hollow-way, with pottery also at the site.

{1} Known as Hartwell in the 19th century. This village must once have been the main settlement in the parish, but all the population records presumably include the other medieval settlements. Hartwell is first mentioned in Domesday Book where it is listed as a single manor with a total recorded population of 26 including a priest. In 1301 49 people paid the Lay Subsidy and for the Lay Subsidy of 1334 Hartwell cum membris paid £7—o—13d (sic). This sum was one of the largest paid in the south west of the county. In 1377 81 people over the age of 14 paid Poll Tax. In 1525 30 taxpayers paid the Lay Subsidy and in 1673 102 people paid the Hearth Tax. In 1801 the population of the parish was 357. The earthworks of this village remained largely intact until 1976 when some of them were destroyed by ploughing.
This settlement once contained the only chapel in the parish. A parish church was erected in the modern village in 1851. Earthwork remains exist N and NE of Chapel Farm (other areas have been levelled by ploughing).
They suggest house platforms, a large enclosure formerly containing a two-cell plan building, fishponds and a hollow-way leading S where the site of a building shown as Chantry House on the OS plan of 1835 is marked by stone rubble and post medieval pottery. SP 78 49: The evidence of several medieval settlement sites in Hartwell parish [SP 74 NE 11, 12, 15, 16; SP 75 SE 27] suggests a dispersed pattern of medieval settlement consisting of hamlets with Hartwell Green village a relatively recent occurence. The lost settlement of 'Wyk Juxta Hertwell' may have been one of these places.
[This site, along with others in the parish suggests a dispersed medieval settlement pattern consisting of hamlets, with the single large village (Hartwell Green) a relatively recent development.]

{11} History of ownership of land in Hartwell parish.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.75 site 3 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<2> Ryland, W, Adkins, D, and Serjeantson, R M, 1902, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Northamptonshire, p.308+374 (unchecked) (Series). SNN100368.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.75/Site 3 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77382.

<4> 1723, Map of Hartwell, (unchecked) (Map). SNN26410.

<5> 1768, Map of Hartwell (NRO Map G440), (unchecked) (Map). SNN26408.

<6> PRO series E179, PRO E179/155/31 (Document). SNN115882.

<7> PRO series E179, E179/155/3 (Document). SNN115882.

<8> PRO series E179, PRO E179/155/27 (Document). SNN115882.

<9> PRO series E179, PRO E179/155/130 (Document). SNN115882.

<10> Ordnance Survey, 1835, Ordnance Survey 1st edition 1 inch map, OS 1" 1835 (Map). SNN61232.

<11> Other Estates, (checked) (Extract). SNN106448.

<12> Hall D., 2001, The Woodland Landscapes of Southern Northamptonshire, p.33-46 (unchecked) (Article). SNN102520.

<13> Royal Air Force, Vertical Aerial Photography, Air Photograph (RAF CPE/UK/1926, 1247-8) (Photographs). SNN104890.

<14> Gover J.E.B.; Mawer A.; Stenton F.M. (Eds.), 1933, The Place-names of Northamptonshire, P. 100 (Series). SNN5881.

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Feb 10 2025 7:44PM