| HER Number (PRN): | 08019 |
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| Name: | Pre-Conquest and Medieval Hodnet |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| Protected Status: | Conservation Area: Hodnet |
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Monument Type(s):
- MANOR (Late Saxon to Medieval - 800 AD to 1540 AD)
- SETTLEMENT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 800 AD to 1540 AD)
Summary
This site represents: a settlement of late Saxon to medieval date, a manor of late Saxon to medieval date.
| Parish: | Hodnet, North Shropshire, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ62NW |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 61 28 |
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Related records
| 08082 | Parent of: Churchyard of St Luke's, Hodnet (Monument) |
| 00267 | Parent of: Hodnet Motte and Bailey Castle (Monument) |
| 00267 | Related to: Hodnet Motte and Bailey Castle (Monument) |
| 08084 | Parent of: Planned Medieval Extension to Hodnet (Monument) |
| 13902 | Related to: 12th Century Church of Saint Luke, Church Street, Hodnet (Building) |
| 00267 | Parent of: Hodnet Motte and Bailey Castle (Monument) |
| 00267 | Related to: Hodnet Motte and Bailey Castle (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events
- ESA4697 - 2000 A53 Hodnet Bypass Desk Based Assessment and Walkover Survey by SCCAS
Description
Hodnet was a Saxon royal manor with probable origins as a pre-Saxon estate [<2><3>], held immediately before the Norman Conquest by Edward the Confessor. The manor was the caput of Hodnet Hundred. At the time of the Domesday Survey of 1086, the manor was held in demesne by Roger of Montgomery, Earl of Shrewsbury. After the rebellion of Earl Roger's son and heir, Robert de Belleme, in 1101, the manor was forfeited to the Crown, and was made part of the Honour of Montgomery. The manor was held from the Honour by the de Hodenet family until c1302, when it passed by inheritance to William de Ludlow of Stokesay, son in law of William de Hodenet. The de Ludlows held the manor until c1500, when it passed by marriage to Sir Humphrey Vernon. ->
-> The core of the pre-Conquest settlement is likely to have been situated around the road junction at the top of the hill. A motte and bailey castle [PRN SA 00267] was erected shortly after the Conquest, The castle was situated below the church on the western side of the main road into the village; its location suggests that the church [PRN SA 13902, 08082] was already present. The medieval village expanded down the hill, and the layout of the later medieval burgage plots down the hill on the east side of Shrewsbury Street is still reflected in the modern property boundaries here. <1>
The Anglo-Saxon presence recorded in the Domesday Survey as Odenet was a royal manor and therefore both a settlement and an administrative centre. Its location is believed to have influenced the siting of the castle, which was probably constructed in the late 11th century when the manor and hundred of Odenet were granted to Rodger de Montgomery <4>
Sources
| [01] | SSA20244 - Archaeological fieldwork report: Hannaford Hugh R. 2000. The A53 Hodnet Bypass: a Desk-Based Assessment and Walk-over Survey. SCCAS Rep. 191. p4-5. |
| [02] | SSA11622 - Monograph: Gelling M. 1990. The major names of Shropshire. The Place Names of Shropshire. Vol 1. p154-155. |
| [03] | SSA11422 - Monograph: Gelling M. 1992. The West Midlands in the Early Middle Ages. Studies in the Early History of Britain . p68. |
| [04] | SSA20345 - Scheduled Monument notification: English Heritage. 2001. Scheduling Papers (Revised Scheduling, 09/03/2001). 33829. |
| Date Last Edited: | Dec 3 2020 3:30PM |
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