Record Details
| MonUID: | MST2072 |
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| HER Number: | 02081 |
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| Type of record: | Place |
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| Name: | Tamhorn Deserted Settlement |
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Summary
Documentary evidence for a settlement at Tamhorn in the medieval period.
Monument Type(s):
Associated Events:
- EST1175 - Rectification of aerial photographs along the route of the West Coast Rail Modernisation in Staffordshire.
Full description
Significant Placename. <1>
Deserted Settlement: 1333-4 (6 Ed.III) Horton and Tamhorn taxed (Subsidy Roll). 1377 Poll Tax Horton and Tamhorn 14s 8d. Not certain that Tymore/Tamhorn may be two places. <2>
Tamhorn is recorded as having land for 4 ploughs in the Domesday survey, and collectively with 14 other places had 60 villagers and 22 smallholders with 25 ploughs and a mill. (SB, 25-Nov-2008) <4>
Sources and further reading
| --- | SST3972 - Desk Based Assessment Report: J. Chandler (Oxford Archaeology). 2002. West Coast Route Modernisation Staffordshire Section: Lichfield to Tamworth - Air Photograph Rectification. |
| --- | SST4000 - Index: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1994. Medieval Village Research Group Index (Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England). |
| <1> | SST2664 - Article in serial: Dr. Margaret Gelling. 1981. Some Thoughts on Staffordshire Place-Names in North Staffordshire Journal of Field Studies Volume 21 (1981). Page 3. |
| <2> | SST297 - Index: Jim Gould. 1960s Onward. Jim Gould Card Index. |
| <3> | SST67 - Serial: William Salt Archaeological Society. 1880 onwards. Collections For a History of Staffordshire. 4th Series - Volume 6 - page 10 (1970). |
| <4> | SST75 - Published Book: William I - Translated Alison Hawkins & Alex Rumble. 1086/1976. Domesday Book 24: Staffordshire (Phillimore Translation). 2-22. |
Related records
| 04211 | Parent of: Cropmarks, Tamhorn Park Farm, Fisherwick (Monument) |
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