Information for record number MWA7363:
Post Medieval Settlement at Lower Green, Wishaw Farm

Summary The site of a settlement that was established during the Post Medieval period. Traces of the settlement are visible as earthworks and it was situated to the north of Wishaw Hall Farm.
What Is It?  
Type: Settlement
Period: Post-medieval (1540 AD - 1750 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Wishaw
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 17 95
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 The area around Wishaw Hall Farm continued to be occupied into the Post Medieval period and the area is shown on early maps as Lower Green (which may have been its Medieval name). There appears to have been a shift of the settlement to the NW. The area to the E of Grove Lane was largely abandoned except for the cottages at the N and S ends. The area N of Hall Farm is shown on Post Medieval maps, from Ogilby's map of 1675 onwards, as a 'green' with buildings to its N and W from 1683. Fieldwalking in 1979 in this area found building debris in the area of one of these buildings and a quantity of only Medieval pottery. Further Medieval and post-Medieval material came from NE of the green but is attributed to the hamlet of Moxhull (MWA7364).
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3 Shows on early 19th century maps.
 
Sources
Source No: 3
Source Type: Map
Title: OS 1" 1834
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1834
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Volume/Sheet: Sht 62 (repro as Sht
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Map
Title: Map of Warwickshire
Author/originator: Greenwood
Date: 1882
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Source No:
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Settlement & Land Use in Sutton Chase
Author/originator: Hodder M
Date: 1988
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technique Earthwork Earthworks can take the form of banks, ditches and mounds. They are usually created for a specific purpose. A bank, for example, might be the remains of a boundary between two or more fields. Some earthworks may be all that remains of a collapsed building, for example, the grassed-over remains of building foundations.

In the winter, when the sun is lower in the sky than during the other seasons, earthworks have larger shadows. From the air, archaeologists are able to see the patterns of the earthworks more easily. Earthworks can sometimes be confusing when viewed at ground level, but from above, the general plan is much clearer.

Archaeologists often carry out an aerial survey or an earthwork survey to help them understand the lumps and bumps they can see on the ground.
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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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period Post Medieval About 1540 AD to 1750 AD (the 16th century AD to the 18th century AD)

The Post Medieval period comes after the medieval period and before the Imperial period.

This period covers the second half of the reign of the Tudors (1485 – 1603), the reign of the Stuarts (1603 – 1702) and the beginning of the reign of the Hannoverians (1714 – 1836).
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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 FARM * A tract of land, often including a farmhouse and ancillary buildings, used for the purpose of cultivation and the rearing of livestock, etc. Use more specific type where known. back
monument EARTHWORK * A bank or mound of earth used as a rampart or fortification. back

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