Information for record number MWA9033:
Exhall Medieval Settlement, Stratford District

Summary The possible extent of Medieval settlement of Exhall, suggested by documentary evidence. May have origins in British period.
What Is It?  
Type: Settlement, Settlement
Period: Medieval (1066 AD - 1539 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Exhall
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 10 55
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 The possible extent of medieval settlement, based on the first edition OS 6" map of 1886 43NW.
2 The ridge and furrow plotting for the parish.
3 Included in Domesday in Ferncombe Hundred: 28,12; [Land of William son of Corbucion] Thorkell holds 1 1/2 hides in Exhall. Land for 1 plough. 2 smallholders. Meadow, 10 acres. The value wa 10s; now 5s. Swein held it freely before 1066.
4 The church dates from the C12th, and there is ridge and furrow survival that abuts the settlement to the north and south of the single main street. The 1886 map shows it to be hamlet sized, with orchards.
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6 Place name contains the element *ecles thought to indicate the survival of a British Christian community into the pagan Anglo-Saxon period and probably originated before the 8th century.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Aerial Photograph Transcript
Title: Exhall parish
Author/originator: ARI
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Domesday Book Warwickshire incl Birmingham
Author/originator: Phillimore and Co Ltd
Date: 1976
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Source No: 5
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: The West Midlands in the Early Middle Ages
Author/originator: Gelling, Margaret
Date: 1992
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Source No: 6
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Warwickshire Anglo-Saxon Charter-Bounds
Author/originator: Della Hooke
Date: 1999
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Source No: 4
Source Type: Desk Top Study
Title: Comments on villages and towns in the Medieval Settlement study.
Author/originator: Hester Hawkes.
Date: 2002/3
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: 1st edition 6" maps. Medieval settlement evaluation.
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1880s
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: 43NW 1:10560 1886
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1886
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Volume/Sheet: 43NW
   
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Glossary

 
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source Domesday Book The Domesday Book was commissioned in December 1085 by William the Conqueror, who invaded England in 1066. It contains records for about 13,000 medieval settlements in the English counties south of the rivers Ribble and Tees (the border with Scotland at the time). The Domesday Book is a detailed record of the lands and their resources that belonged to the king. It also records the identity of the landholders and their tenants. back
technique Documentary Evidence Documentary evidence is another name for written records. The first written records in Britain date back to the Roman period. Documentary evidence can take many different forms, including maps, charters, letters and written accounts. When archaeologists are researching a site, they often start by looking at documentary evidence to see if there are clues that will help them understand what they might find. Documentary evidence can help archaeologists understand sites that are discovered during an excavation, field survey or aerial survey. back
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 VILLAGE * A collection of dwelling-houses and other buildings, usually larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a simpler organisation and administration than the latter. back
monument SETTLEMENT * A small concentration of dwellings. back
monument HAMLET * Small settlement with no ecclesiastical or lay administrative function. back
monument RIDGE AND FURROW * A series of long, raised ridges separated by ditches used to prepare the ground for arable cultivation. This was a technique, characteristic of the medieval period. back
monument CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. back
monument HIDE * A shelter, sometimes camouflaged, for the observation of birds and animals at close quarters. back
monument ORCHARD * An enclosure used for the cultivation of fruit trees. back
monument MEADOW * A piece of grassland, often near a river, permanently covered with grass which is mown for use as hay. back
monument TOWN * An assemblage of public and private buildings, larger than a village and having more complete and independent local government. back

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