More information : (SU 59302340) Church (NR) (Site of) (NAT). (1)
Ethelred, son of Edgar and Estrilda granted Lomer with 3 hides
and a church to Hyde Abbey. The abbot, and Edward the
Confessor, leased it for a payment in wine and it so continued
until 1392 when it reverted to the Abbey. At the Dissolution it
passed to the Crown and was again leased and finally granted
away.
The church at Lomer is mentioned in Domesday Book and was
granted to Titchfield Abbey t. Henry III, being appropriated
1282-1304. At the Dissolution, the advowson was granted to
Thom. Wriothesley and at his death, in 1550, it was stated to
have been combined in the church at Corhampton. They must have
been separated again for the church and advowson occur alone in
1635.
It was dealt with by fine as late as 1783 but only the site now
remains. (2)
The field is known as Chapel Yard and as well as containing this
church site is traditionally asserted to contain the site of
the old manor of Lomer. (3)
(Centred at SU59192341) In this field may be seen the physical
evidence of a small deserted settlement or village. Small croft
enclosures and the sites of homesteads are separated by sunken
paths and former `roads'. The soil almost black in colour -
contains small fragments of very coarse pottery - and supports
a thick growth of grass and nettles - the latter demarcating at
least two sites of subsequent buildings.
The church - which from the evidence in Authy.2 seems to have
been of pre-conquest date - is sited by OS 6" 1910 at a raised
rectangular area, the longer side orientated NE-SW. This would
appear to have been identified as the church site on account of
its pronounced height and conspicuous appearance but it would
seem more probable that the church was elsewhere in the field. (4)
(Consequent Publication) (SU 59302340) Deserted Medieval Village of
Lomer (site of) (NAT). (5)
No change - surveyed at 1:2500. (6)
Listed. (7)
Investigation of the village as a school project. (8)
The ditches and low banks on the perimeter of the site are clearly marked, rectangular in shape, with flints on or just below the surface. The banks are worn down and the ditch is silted up but they are visible, though less definite than the pattern of banks within the perimeter. The outer and inner banks are close on the southwest, the inner 4-5 feet higher. The ridge and furrow of the fields comes up to the outer bank.
The aisle-less church dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary
stood on a low mound in the centre of the village, not aligned
east-west. Finds from turf level consist of a twisted lead
`came', characteristic of that used for glass from the 15th
century onwards and a small piece of roofing slate. The church
was abandoned in 1551. A resistivity Survey of the church site
revealed a walled enclosure on the south side of the church
with flints close to the surface. (9)
No change. 1.2500 Survey correct. (10)
Lomer - Deserted Medieval Settlement, scheduled. (11)
Earthwork site including sunken ways, house platforms and the church
site. Very well preserved and Late Saxon and Medieval pottery has
been recovered from the site (visited 17 March 1977). (12)
The earthwork remains of the probable Medieval settlement described by the previous autorities are visible on aerial photographs and have been mapped as part of the Hampshire South Downs NMP project. The site was photographed in March 2007 by English Heritage. (13)
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