Information for record number MWA9505:
Church Lawford Medieval Settlement

Summary The probable extent of the medieval settlement at Church Lawford based on the Ordnance Survey map of 1887.
What Is It?  
Type: Settlement
Period: Medieval (1066 AD - 1539 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Church Lawford
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 45 76
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Sites & Monuments Record
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1 The probable extent of the medieval settlement based on the OS first edition map of 1887.
2 The ridge and furrow plotting of the parish.
3 Domesday lists Church Lawford in Marton Hundred. The Phillimore edition has a grid ref of 4476. Ref 12,5 He (Earl Roger) also holds 5 hides in (Church) Lawton from the Earl. Land for 7 ploughs. In lordship 1, with 2 slaves; 9 villagers, 17 smallholders and 2 Frenchmen with 6 ploughs. A mill at 10s 6d; meadow, 11 acres. The value was 40s; later 10s; now 50s. Ketelbern held it.
4 The 1887 map shows a small village with empty plots, some with trees, lying each side of the main street N/S and the street leading E to the Church. The ridge and furrow survival abuts the settlement except to the southwest and northeast. The Church [WA3433] dates from the medieval period, and there is a site of shrunken settlement north of the Church, WA3440.
5 A series of gullies and an intercutting ditch, along with several pits were recorded during observation at the Reading Room, School Street, within the probable extent of the medieval settlement. The majority of these features contained 13th to 15th century pottery.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Aerial Photograph Transcript
Title: Church Lawford 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: 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: 28NW 1:10560 1887
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1887
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Volume/Sheet: 28NW
   
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Source Type: Observation Report
Title: Archaeological Observation at the Reading Room, School Street, Church Lawford, Warwickshire
Author/originator: C Jones
Date: 2008
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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
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 SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument READING ROOM * A room in a library or institution providing periodicals, newspapers, etc. back
monument SETTLEMENT * A small concentration of dwellings. back
monument SCHOOL * An establishment in which people, usually children, are taught. 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 FEATURE * Areas of indeterminate function. back
monument CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. back
monument PIT * A hole or cavity in the ground, either natural or the result of excavation. Use more specific type where known. back
monument DITCH * A long and narrow hollow or trench dug in the ground, often used to carry water though it may be dry for much of the year. 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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