Monument record 5007 - Hardingstone

Settlement with possible poly-focal origins. There were two manors at Domesday in 1086, one belonging to King William, with two mills, and the other belonging to the Countess Judith.

{2} Aerial photographic assessment using contemporary and historical aerial photographs of Hardingstone, Great Houghton and Brackmills.

{4} Medieval village of Hardingstone. The village had two distinct parts. The first was a complex arrangement of lanes in the north-east, centred on the village green. The second part was a long, single street to the west with the parish church on its south side.

<1> Hall, D., 1980, Hardingstone Parish Survey, 1972, p.119-32 (unchecked) (Article). SNN743.

<2> Cox C., 1996, Brackmills Employment and Extension Site, Northamptonshire: Aerial Photographic Assessment (Archaeology), (unchecked) (Report). SNN103077.

<3> Hardingstone Inclosure Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN54815.

<4> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1985, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.292/Site 28 (checked) (Series). SNN77383.

<5> Fisher I.; Foard A., 2003, Desk-Based Assessment and Geophysical Survey Tunnel Hill Farm, Rothersthorpe Road, Hardingstone, Northampton, p.4-5 (checked) (Report). SNN104924.

<6> Billington V., 2000, Woad-Growing in Northamptonshire, p.59-70 (unchecked) (Article). SNN102516.

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