Monument record 5596 - Open Field System, Canons Ashby

The enclosure of the open fields probably took place between 1539 and 1547.

{1} The enclosure of the open fields probably took place between 1539-1547. In 1539 the whole of the former arable demesne land of the priory, comprising some 341 acres, lay in the common fields.

{2} In 1547 Sir John Cope ran 2000 sheep in the parish; ridge and furrow was noted; in 1489 100 acres was enclosed by the prior.

{3} Most of the land around Canons Ashby was already enclosed by the dissolution.

{6} Aerial photos NCCAP:5751/008-10.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.37 site 7 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

<2> E315/399/126, E315/399/126 (unchecked) (Uncertain). SNN8576.

<3> FOARD G.R., 1982, Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire: An Archaeological Report, 1982, (unchecked) (Typescript Report). SNN45382.

<4> Northamptonshire Notes and Queries (Series 1), 12/244 (unchecked) (Uncertain). SNN33103.

<5> 1320, E36/174, (unchecked) (Document). SNN108816.

<6> Northamptonshire HER Collection of Aerial Photographs, (unchecked) (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

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Aug 10 2026 1:00PM