Information for record number MWA9546:
Newton Medieval Settlement

Summary The possible extent of the medieval settlement at Newton based on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886.
What Is It?  
Type: Settlement
Period: Medieval (1066 AD - 1539 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Newton and Biggin
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 53 78
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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1 The possible extent of the medieval settlement based on the OS maps of 1886 23SE.
2 Domesday has three entries for Newton, in Brinklow Hundred. The Phillimore edition has a grid reference of SP 5378. Ref 17,41 Godric holds 2 hides in Newton. Land for 2 ploughs. In lordship 1; 4 villagers and 2 smallholders. Meadow 2 acres. The value was and is 20s. Wulfstan held it freely before 1066. Ref 17,42 Aldith holds 1/2 hide in Newton. Land for 1/2 plough. However 1 plough with 2 smallholders. The value was and is 10s. Godiva held it freely. Ref 17,43 Ralph holds 1/2 hide in Newton. Land for 1 plough. 2 villagers. Meadow 1/2 acre. The value was and is 2s.
3 The 1886 map shows a small compact village with lots of little orchards and trees in general, some of which may occupy empty plots. There was a medieval chapel at Newton [WA4167] but its location is unknown. The deserted settlement of Biggin [WA4171] lies immediately to the southeast. The mapdata shows ridge and furrow survival abutting the settlement to the northwest and to the southeast.
 
Sources
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: 23SE 1:10560 1886
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1886
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Volume/Sheet: 23SE
   
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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 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 DESERTED SETTLEMENT * An abandoned settlement, usually of the Medieval period, often visible only as earthworks or on aerial photographs. back
monument CHAPEL * A freestanding building, or a room or recess serving as a place of Christian worship in a church or other building. 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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