Information for record number MWA2146:
Suggested site of deserted settlement at Honington

Summary The possible site of a deserted settlement dating to the Medieval period. Remains of the settlement are visible as earthworks. The site is located 200m west of Honington.
What Is It?  
Type: Deserted Settlement
Period: Medieval (1066 AD - 1539 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Honington
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 26 42
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 The DMV recorded by W Ford seems to be centred on the vicarage at Honington.
2 An ancient pathway can be traced from Honington Bridge to the parish church and there is evidence of ground disturbance to the south and west of the vicarage garden and some dense clumps of nettles.
3 The vicarage garden has been landscaped in more recent times and surface features have been obscured. I S Leadam refers to Honington in recording the acreage imparked by Robert Gibbs in the 16th century, but he adds that Honington was not entered in the chancery returns of 1517.
4 Honington does not appear in Rous's list of deserted villages in Warwickshire.
 
Sources
Source No: 3
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Domesday of Inclosures
Author/originator: Leadam I S
Date:
Page Number: 653
Volume/Sheet: 3
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Site Visit
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: PWF
Date: 1982
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 2282
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Consultancy Map
Author/originator: Ford W J
Date:
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 24_18
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Rous's Historia Regum Angliae
Author/originator: Hearne (ed)
Date:
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
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source SMR Card Sites and Monuments Record Card. The Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record began to be developed during the 1970s. The details of individual archaeological sites and findspots were written on record cards. These record cards were used until the 1990s, when their details were entered on to a computerised system. The record cards are still kept at the office of the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
technique Earthwork Earthworks can take the form of banks, ditches and mounds. They are usually created for a specific purpose. A bank, for example, might be the remains of a boundary between two or more fields. Some earthworks may be all that remains of a collapsed building, for example, the grassed-over remains of building foundations.

In the winter, when the sun is lower in the sky than during the other seasons, earthworks have larger shadows. From the air, archaeologists are able to see the patterns of the earthworks more easily. Earthworks can sometimes be confusing when viewed at ground level, but from above, the general plan is much clearer.

Archaeologists often carry out an aerial survey or an earthwork survey to help them understand the lumps and bumps they can see on the ground.
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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 SETTLEMENT * A small concentration of dwellings. back
monument VICARAGE * The residence of a vicar, parson or rector. back
monument FEATURE * Areas of indeterminate function. back
monument PARISH CHURCH * The foremost church within a parish. back
monument DESERTED SETTLEMENT * An abandoned settlement, usually of the Medieval period, often visible only as earthworks or on aerial photographs. back
monument BRIDGE * A structure of wood, stone, iron, brick or concrete, etc, with one or more intervals under it to span a river or other space. Use specific type where known. back
monument GARDEN * An enclosed piece of ground devoted to the cultivation of flowers, fruit or vegetables and/or recreational purposes. Use more specific type where known. back
monument EARTHWORK * A bank or mound of earth used as a rampart or fortification. back
monument FORD * A shallow place in a river or other stretch of water, where people, animals and vehicles may cross. back

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