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Greenberry
Hob Uid: 52311
Location : North Yorkshire Hambleton Whitwell
Grid Ref : SE2900098000
Summary : Medieval village, documentary references to tenements there in the 12th century, by the 13th century it had become an estate of Fountains Abbey, eventually becoming a Cistercian grange.
More information : SE 295987 Lost village of Greenberry. Although not mentioned on any tax lists, tenements existed at Greenberry in the late 12th century. By the early 13th century it had become an estate of Fountains Abbey, eventually becoming a grange with the villagers evicted. It is one of the best examples of depopulation following the creation of a Cistercian grange. (Nothing visible on RAF air photographs 1946). (1-3)

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Source details : Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, 1952-1953, vol 38, p 299 (M W Beresford)
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Source details : Monastic Granges in Medieval England, 1969, p 138 (C Platt)
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Source details : Lost Villages of England, 1963, p 152-153 (M Beresford)
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Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Deserted Settlement, Cistercian Grange
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SE 29 NE 10
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Relationship type : General association

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