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Burghley
Hob Uid: 348033
Location : City of Peterborough St. Martin's Without
Grid Ref : TF0400006000
Summary : Settlement mentioned in Domesday Book and deserted between circa 1350-1450. It is thought to be located within the vicinity of Burghley House in Burghley Park. No traces have been identified on the ground or from aerial photographs.
More information : The Medieval village at Burghley, deserted between circa 1350 and 1450, has not yet been sited but may be under Burghley House (TF 049061). Documentary sources (authorities 2 & 3) seem to indicate a manor and tenants here, rather than a village; Domesday mentions three servants, seven villeins and a cottager, (authority 6). Dugdale (authority 4) mentions a chapel at Burghley, extant in 1289 (see also TF 00 NW 38). Nothing visible around Burghley House on available air photographs but there is a disturbed area at TF 035059 surrounded on the north east and south by ridge and furrow. (1-6) Nothing was seen on the ground at TF 035059 to justify an interpretation of desertion. The supposition that the village now lies under Burghley House would seem to be as likely as any. (7) An examination of all available air photographs revealed no evidence of the Medieval village refered to by the previous authorities. (8)

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Source Number : 1
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Source details : Allison K J, Beresford M W. Hurst J G. 1966. Deserted Medieval Villages, Northamptonshire, 36 (Leicester University Occasional Paper Number 18)
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : Bridges J. 1791. History of Northamptonshire, 587
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Source details : Dugdale 1846. Monasticon 4, 258-9
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Source details : RAF CPE/UK/1932 2062-3 17.1.47
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Source details : F1 BHS 19-DEC-68
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Source Number : 8
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Source details : Helen Winton/19-JAN-1996/RCHME: Lincolnshire NMP
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Documented in Domesday
Monument End Date : 1086
Monument Start Date : 1086
Monument Type : Settlement
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Deserted 1350-1450
Monument End Date : 1450
Monument Start Date : 1350
Monument Type : Deserted Settlement
Evidence : Uncertain Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TF 00 NW 59
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1968-12-19
End Date : 1968-12-19

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 1992-07-01
End Date : 1997-03-01

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