Information for record number MWA9044:
Atherstone on Stour Medieval Settlement

Summary The possible extent of the Medieval settlement of Atherstone on Stour. The area of settlement is suggested by the Ordnance Survey map of 1886 and archaeological records.
What Is It?  
Type: Settlement, Market, Fair
Period: Medieval (1066 AD - 1539 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Atherstone on Stour
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 20 50
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 The possible extent of the Medieval settlement, based on the first edition 6" map, 44SW 1887.
2 Market Charter for Tuesdays granted 28 october 1246 by King Henry III to A and M of Bec Herlouin Fair Charter granted vfm, Nativity of the Virgin (8 Sept); granted 28 October 1246 by King Henry III to A and M of Bec Herlouin
3 In the Domesday Hundred under Tremlow Hundred. Grid ref: 2050. Ref 5,2:- The Bishop (of Bayeux) also holds in Atherstone (on Stour) 4 hides. Land for 7 ploughs. In lordship 2. 4 villagers with a priest, 4 smallholders and 4 slaves have 3 ploughs. 1 mill at 10s and 10 sticks of eels. Meadow, 3 acres. Value before 1066 and now £4.
4 There was a Medieval church before it was rebuilt in 1876. Domesday indicates a modest settlement, but the 1887 map shows very few houses, lying both sides of the Stour, and no clues to shrinkage in the form of small fields. Perhaps some settlement disappeared in the enparkment of Alscot.
 
Sources
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: 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: 2
Source Type: Internet Data
Title: Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs to 1516 (Warwickshire)
Author/originator: Institute of Historical Research (CMH)
Date: 2005
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Volume/Sheet: Warwickshire
   
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: 44SW 1:10560 1887
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1887
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 44SW
   
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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
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 HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
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 MILL * A factory used for processing raw materials. Use more specific mill type where known. See also TEXTILE MILL, for more narrow terms. back
monument MARKET * An open space or covered building in which cattle, goods, etc, are displayed for sale. back
monument CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. back
monument FAIR * A site where a periodical gathering of buyers, sellers and entertainers, meet at a time ordained by charter or statute or by ancient custom. back
monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. back
monument HIDE * A shelter, sometimes camouflaged, for the observation of birds and animals at close quarters. 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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