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HER Number MWB4311
Record Type Monument
Name EAST SHEFFORD deserted medieval village

Grid Reference SU 389 746
Map Sheet SU37SE
Parish Great Shefford, West Berkshire
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Summary

Possible deserted settlement with good documentary evidence, but at an unknown location

Other Statuses and Cross-References

  • Berkshire SMR No. (pre 2000): 02638.00.000
  • National Monuments Record No.: SU 37 SE 12
    SU 390 746

Monument Type(s):

Full Description

GOOD DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE FOR DMV, BUT NO LOCATION KNOWN. BAU CARD SUGGEST IS NOT A DMV BUT WAS JUST A MANORIAL FOCUS. DCH INSPECTED 1976 AP, COULD SEE NO EVIDENCE

The OS field investigator thought that the area around the Norman church and the site of the manor house of Hug Ditch Court seemed the most probable location of this settlement, but there was no ground or aerial photographic evidence <2>

Sources and further reading

<01>Berkshire Archaeological Society. 1962. Berkshire Archaeological Journal 1962 60. 60. In ADS Journals. 10.5284/1000017. SU391747, p92-7 Introduction to a First List of DMV Sites in Berks by Beresford and Hurst. [Article in serial / SWB10069]
http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/berks_bas_2007/journal.cfm?volume=60 (Accessed 04/12/2014)
<02>Ordnance Survey. 1960s-70s. Ordnance Survey Field Investigators Comments. F1 GHP 03-JAN-64. [Personal observation / SWB14640]
<03>Beresford, M and Hurst, J G (ed). 1971. Deserted medieval villages: studies. p183. [Monograph / SWB146719]
<04>Brooks, J. 1982. The deserted medieval villages of North Berkshire - PhD thesis. [Unpublished document / SWB13428]
<05>Dils, J (ed). 1998. An Historical Atlas of Berkshire. p40 The deserted medieval villages of North Berkshire by John Brooks. [Monograph / SWB13916]
<06>Dils, J and Yates, M (ed). 2012. An Historical Atlas of Berkshire (2nd Edition). p44-45 The deserted medieval villages of North Berkshire by John Brookes. [Monograph / SWB148708]
<07>University of Hull. 2009-16. Beresford's Lost Villages. https://dmv.hull.ac.uk/. [Website / SWB148949]
https://dmv.hull.ac.uk (Accessed 26/11/2019)

Related Monuments

MWB4319EAST SHEFFORD VILLAGE (Monument)

Associated Excavations and Fieldwork

  • None recorded

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