Monument record 1017 - Naseby

The village is first recorded in 1086 but must be of an earlier origin as Naseby is a partly Scandinavianised place-name. Elements of medieval settlement are visible as earthworks on air photographs and suggest village shrinkage. Extant earthworks correlate closely with a map of 1630.

{2} Naseby SP 688780 first recorded in Domesday 1086, though Scandinavian name suggests an earlier origin. No subsequent documentation until a map of 1630, depicting 60 probable houses, and noting land ownership. Present village plan derives from two original centres: Naseby centred on the church and Nutcote (name first recorded 1630) to the S.W. Extant earthworks correlate closely with the 1630 map, locating abandoned lanes, closes and houses. 90 families living at Naseby in the early 18th century. On the east side of the village, east of the High Street, three of the present gardens also contain shallow ditches or scarps. All can be identified as the boundaries of closes in existence in 1630, some of which survived until 1822.[RCHM plan].

{3} Brass rubbing of John Oliver & his wife Agnes dated 1446; plan; was a hamlet with chapel of ease or parochial chapel (probably refers to Nutcote, Mon 2390).

{6} Possibly not taken forward to Stage 2 survey and assessment.

{8} Naseby was mentioned in the Domesday Book but is thought to have older origins since Naseby is a partly Scandinavian place-name, meaning the fortified place of Hnaef. The relatively simple layout form of the village, characterised by two parallel north-south aligned streets criss-crossed by four lanes, appears to be misleading because its development is much more complex. The modern village is, in fact, composed of two former settlements, Naseby and Nutcote, with the boundary between the two thought to have been formed by a small stream following the line of a hollow way still partially visible to the north of Fairfax Drive.

{9} Elements of a medieval settlement are visible as earthworks on air photographs, centred at SP 6857 7769. These features, and others, have been previously recorded as part of the Northamptonshire NMP. Associated ridge and furrow (not previously recorded) is also extant on the 2008 specialist oblique photography.

{17} Photo of barn dated 1885, also drawing of jet seal which Dryden thinks is a forgery.

{18} (SP6878) A survey was carried out in 1976 in the Parish of Naseby. The parish is first mentioned in the Doomsday book as Naveserrie. This is an indication of its' Saxon origin. Sulby Abbey acquired
approximately one third of Naseby in 1155 it was later given to Sir Christopher Hatton at the Dissolution. Naseby village is a double settlement, one end is called Nutcote which has never had a separate existence in terms of manor or field system. The open fields are listed and the medieval village and furlong names are illustrated. Steam ploughing has destroyed most of the medieval field systems. [See individual monment records for further details]

<1> MASTIN J., 1792, History and Antiquities of Naseby, (unchecked) (Book). SNN46755.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p. 143-6/Site 3 (Series). SNN77381.

<3> Brass Rubbings at Ashmolean Museum, (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN41806.

<4> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, NCCAP: SP6877/023-24; SP6978/001. (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<5> Bird H., 2005, Seaborne Re-Visited: Cob Cottages in Northamptonshire 2004, p.54-69 (unchecked) (Article). SNN109351.

<7> 1630, Map of Naseby, (unchecked) (Map). SNN11627.

<8> Chinnock, C., 2014, Trial Trench Evaluation on Land off Church Street, Naseby, Northamptonshire March 2014, p.4 (checked) (Report). SNN109736.

<9> Aerial Photograph, NMR 20760/45 25-APR-2008 (Photographs). SNN112974.

<10> Gover J.E.B.; Mawer A.; Stenton F.M. (Eds.), 1933, The Place-names of Northamptonshire, p. 73 (Series). SNN5881.

<11> Ryland, W, Adkins, D, and Serjeantson, R M, 1902, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Northamptonshire, p. 337 (Series). SNN100368.

<12> 1822, Naseby Enclosure Map (Map). SNN114220.

<13> Aerial Photograph, A/P (RAF VAP 106G/UK/636 4180-2 CPE/UK/1994 2460-59 4463-4) (Photographs). SNN112974.

<14> Aerial Photograph, A/P (CUAP AWV16-18 AHT51) (Photographs). SNN112974.

<15> RCHME, Undated, RCHME Inventory: Northamptonshire II (Central), 889635/889648 (Archive). SNN112900.

<16> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, (unchecked) (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<17> Dryden H.E.L., 1842-1895, Dryden Collection, DR/25/191/1,6 (Archive). SNN115.

<18> Hall, D.; Harding, R. & Martin, P., 1980, Naseby Parish Survey 1976, p. 48-57 (Article). SNN73848.

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