Information for record number MWA9504:
Burton Hastings Medieval Settlement

Summary The probable extent of the medieval settlement at Burton Hastings based on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886 and on an aerial photograph.
What Is It?  
Type: Settlement
Period: Medieval (1066 AD - 1539 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Burton Hastings
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 41 89
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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1 The probable extent of the medieval settlement based on the OS first edition 6" map of 1886, 11SE.
2 Burton Hastings is listed in Domesday in Brinklow Hundred. The Phillimore edition has a grid ref of 4189. Ref 19,2 (Land of Henry of Ferrers) Ralph holds 4 hides in Burton (Hastings). Land for 8 ploughs. In lordship 2. 13 villagers with a priest and 7 smallholders have 6 ploughs. 2 mills at 7s 8d. The value was £4; now 40s. Siward held it.
3 The 1886 map shows a village grouped around the intersection of four roads, with angles and dog legs suggesting antiquity. Many of the plots are empty - not even converted to orchards. Domesday indicates a populous village, so there must have been shrinkage over the centuries. The parish has not yet been covered for ridge and furrow plotting, but the RAF aerial photo of 1950 shows survival to the south, with two fields abutting the settlement. The church [WA2765] dates from the medieval period, as does the mill WA2767.
 
Sources
Source No: 3
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: SP48NW
Author/originator: RAF
Date: 1950
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Volume/Sheet: SP48NW
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Domesday Book Warwickshire incl Birmingham
Author/originator: Phillimore and Co Ltd
Date: 1976
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Source No: 3
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: 11SE 1:10560 1889
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1889
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source Antiquity Antiquity is a journal about archaeological research and is published four times each year. The journal includes articles about archaeology from all over the world, from the Palaeolithic to the present. Each issue includes an editorial, brief reports, current news in colour, research papers and notes, full review coverage of new archaeological books and occasional special sections on selected topics. back
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 Aerial Photograph Aerial photographs are taken during an aerial survey, which involves looking at the ground from above. It is usually easier to see cropmarks and earthworks when they are viewed from above. Aerial photographs help archaeologists to record what they see and to identify new sites. There are two kinds of aerial photographs; oblique and vertical. 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 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 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 CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. 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 ORCHARD * An enclosure used for the cultivation of fruit trees. 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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