Information for record number MWA9012:
Lighthorne Medieval Settlement

Summary The possible extent of Medieval settlement of Lighthorne. The area of settlement is suggested by documentary evidence and the remains of ridge and furrow cultivation.
What Is It?  
Type: Settlement
Period: Medieval (1066 AD - 1539 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Lighthorne
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 33 55
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 The possible extent of Medieval settlement, based on the first edition 6" map of 1886, 45NE.
2 The ridge and furrow plotting of the parish shows patchy survival
3 Lighthorne is listed in Domesday in Tremlow Hundred. The Phillimore edition gives 33,55 as a grid ref. Ref 29,1 William Bonvallet holds Lighthorne from the King. 5 hides besides the inland. Land for 18 ploughs. In lordship 2 ploughs. Meadow 30 acres; a copse 2 furlongs long and 20 perches wide. The value was 100s; now £7. Earl Ralph held it.
4 The 1886 map shows all the settlement to the east of the church. The plots (some of which are empty) look rather small. ridge and furrow survival to the north and east helps to define the boundary. The church [WA674] dates from the C13th, and the fishponds[WA 681] west of the church, are Medieval.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Aerial Photograph Transcript
Title: Lighthorne
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: 45NE 1:10560 1886
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1886
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Volume/Sheet: 45NE
   
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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
technique Documentary Evidence Documentary evidence is another name for written records. The first written records in Britain date back to the Roman period. Documentary evidence can take many different forms, including maps, charters, letters and written accounts. When archaeologists are researching a site, they often start by looking at documentary evidence to see if there are clues that will help them understand what they might find. Documentary evidence can help archaeologists understand sites that are discovered during an excavation, field survey or aerial survey. 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 FISHPOND * A pond used for the rearing, breeding, sorting and storing of fish. 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 BOUNDARY * The limit to an area as defined on a map or by a marker of some form, eg. BOUNDARY WALL. Use specific type where known. back
monument CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. 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 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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