Information for record number MWA1208:
Deserted Settlement at Freeman's Green, Oldberrow

Summary The site of a deserted settlement dating to the Imperial period. It was probably as a result of road closures during this period. It was situated 900m east of Ullenhall.
What Is It?  
Type: Deserted Settlement
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Oldberrow
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 11 67
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 Although no buildings are shown surviving in 1839, earlier maps suggest a hamlet clustered at a minor crossroads (OS field sheet 1814). This settlement is named as Freemans Green in 1822. The road linking it to Oldberrow had been closed by 1839. A clay pipe found here has been dated to between 1800 and 1840. The site has been surveyed. There are indications of further settlement to the NE of this site, just within the adjacent parish of Ullenhall, where brick foundations lie upon a raised platform, and other raised platforms further N. The site of this settlement, straddling the parish boundary, is highly indicative of squatter settlement upon waste land beside the boundary brook.
2 The abandonment of this hamlet is associated with closure of many of the roads in the parish owing to estate policy.
3 Plan.
 
Sources
Source No: 3
Source Type: Plan
Title: MVRG
Author/originator:
Date: 1979
Page Number: 10
Volume/Sheet: 27
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Serial
Title: Freeman's Green
Author/originator: MVRG
Date: 1979
Page Number: 10
Volume/Sheet: 27
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Oldberrow Parish Survey
Author/originator: Hooke D
Date:
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
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source MVRG Reports of the Medieval Village Research Group, (now known as the Medieval Settlement Research Group) comprising reports about research and field work carried out throughout Britain. The report is published once each year. Copies are held at the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument SETTLEMENT * A small concentration of dwellings. back
monument HAMLET * Small settlement with no ecclesiastical or lay administrative function. back
monument BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument BOUNDARY * The limit to an area as defined on a map or by a marker of some form, eg. BOUNDARY WALL. Use specific type where known. back
monument CROSSROADS * A road junction where two (or occasionally more) roads cross each other. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument PARISH BOUNDARY * The limit line of a parish. back
monument SQUATTER SETTLEMENT * A site occupied by people who have no legal right to the land or buildings on it. back
monument DESERTED SETTLEMENT * An abandoned settlement, usually of the Medieval period, often visible only as earthworks or on aerial photographs. back
monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. back
monument PLATFORM * Unspecified. Use specific type where known. back

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