Information for record number MWA6218:
Southam Holt

Summary The possible site of a wood dating to the Medieval period. It has been plotted using all the 'holt' placenames and is comparable in size to the Domesday entry of Southam wood. It is located in the parishes of Southam, Ladbroke and Napton.
What Is It?  
Type: Wood
Period: Medieval (1066 AD - 1539 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Ladbroke
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 43 59
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 If all the Holt and Breach field names are plotted on the map, the Holt is seen to have covered an area about two miles long and three quarters of a mile wide, in the parishes of Southam, Ladbroke and Napton-on-the-Hill. This size is similar to the Domesday woodland in Southam of one league long by half a league wide, and it may be assumed to be the same. In Domesday the wood is said to be 'in the King's hand' and was presumably a royal forest. Various documentary references occur and by 1262 it appears to have been no longer a royal forest.
2 Plan of holt.
3 Plotted on the GIS according to Usher's plan and filling in gaps between fields. The edge of the wood follows the parish boundary on the south and fairly strong cohesive field boundaries on the the north. Where the wood appears to start and end, especially at the east and west ends is difficult to judge and it appears a little strange that the road (which appears to be at least medieval in origin) runs through the middle of the supposed area of woodland.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Desk Top Study
Title: Moated Sites in the Southam Holt
Author/originator: Usher H
Date: 1977
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Plan
Title: Southam
Author/originator: Usher H
Date: 1977
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Personal Comment
Author/originator: Ben Wallace
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Glossary

 
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period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument PARISH BOUNDARY * The limit line of a parish. back
monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. back
monument WOOD * A tract of land with trees, sometimes acting as a boundary or barrier, usually smaller and less wild than a forest. back
monument FOREST * A large tract of land covered with trees and interspersed with open areas of land. Traditionally forests were owned by the monarchy and had their own laws. back

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