Information for record number MWA9495:
Medieval Settlement at Bourton on Dunsmore

Summary The probable extent of medieval settlement at Bourton on Dunsmore based on the first edition Ordnance Survey map of 1886, and on aerial photographs.
What Is It?  
Type: Settlement
Period: Medieval (1066 AD - 1539 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Bourton and Draycote
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 43 70
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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1 The probable extent of medieval settlement based on the first edition OS 6" map of 1886.
2 The ridge and furrow plotting of the parish.
3 Listed in Domesday; it was in Marton Hundred. The Phillimore edition has a grid reference of 4370. Ref 16,30 in Bourton 5 hides. Ingenwulf holds from him. Land for 8 ploughs. In lordship 3; 7 slaves; 13 villagers and 11 smallholders with 3 1/2 ploughs; 1 man-at-arms has 1 1/2 ploughs. Meadow 50 acres. The value was 60s; now 70s. Leofwin held it freely before 1066.
4 The 1886 map shows a small village without any clear boundary hedge. There is known shrunken settlement [WA3327] to the east of Bourton Hall, and it is possible that the Hall Grounds may overlie earlier occupation. The ridge and furrow plotting of the parish shows just one area of survival on the southwestern side which almost abuts the village , and two further small areas to the east of the shrunken settlement. Domesday indicates quite a populous village.
 
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Aerial Photograph Transcript
Title: Bourton and Draycote
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: 27SE 1:10560 1886
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1886
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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
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 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 HIDE * A shelter, sometimes camouflaged, for the observation of birds and animals at close quarters. back
monument HEDGE * Usually a row of bushes or small trees planted closely together to form a boundary between pieces of land or at the sides of a road. 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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