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| HER Number | MWB3339 |
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| Record Type | Monument |
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| Name | Hamstead Marshall deserted medieval settlement |
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Summary
Part of SM 19010
Associated Legal Designations or Protected Status
- Scheduled Monument 1007924: MOTTE AND BAILEY CASTLES, FISHPONDS, DESERTED MEDIEVAL VILLAGE AND MANOR SITE NE OF ST MARY'S CHURCH
- Registered Park or Garden (II) 1000525: Hamstead Marshall Park
Other Statuses and Cross-References
- Berkshire SMR No. (pre 2000): 01342.03.000
Monument Type(s):
Full Description
<1> Between St Mary's Church and the site of possible fishponds, are several low banks and scarps, believed to be the remains of a small deserted medieval settlement. These earthworks continue, though much less pronounced, south of North Lodge garden boundary to terminate against a shallow east-west hollow way in Hamstead Marshall Park. The abandonment of this settlement probably relates to a period of parkland landscaping associated with the now destroyed 17th century mansion which occupied the plateau top southwest of the church.
Two articles in the Newbury District Field Club <2> and <3> summarise the documentary history of the manor's owners, from Gilbert de Clare through William Marshall to the Cravens; it is known that William Marshall entertained the King at his house in 1218.
Sources and further reading
| <01> | Historic England (previously English Heritage). Schedule of Monuments. [Unpublished document / SWB12738] |
| <02> | Newbury District Field Club. 1875-86. TRANS NEWBURY DISTRICT FIELD CLUB 1875-86 VOL 3. p105 The manor of Hamstead Marshall and its historical associations by W Money. [Article in serial / SWB11187] |
| <03> | Newbury District Field Club. 1967. TRANS NEWBURY DISTRICT FIELD CLUB 1967 VOL 11 NO 4. p11-17 William the Marshall and Hamstead Marshall by E G Kaines-Thomas. [Article in serial / SWB11034] |
| <04> | Page and Ditchfield (eds). 1924. Victoria County History (VCH) Berks IV 1924. Vol 4. p178. [Monograph / SWB10281]
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/berks/vol4 (Accessed 24/09/2015) |
| <05> | Bowden, Mark, Mackay, D & Topping, P. 1989. Earthwork castles and settlement at Hamstead Marshall, Berkshire. [Article in monograph / SWB12812] |
| <06> | RCHME. 1989. A Descriptive Account of Earthworks in the Garden and Neighbourhood of North Lodge, Hamstead Marshall parish, Berkshire. WBC Network. [Unpublished document / SWB13946] |
| <07> | 1860. JBAA 1860 16. XVI. online. p76-100, Visit 13 Sept 1859. [Article in serial / SWB10466]
https://archive.org/details/journalofbritish16brit (Accessed 12/04/2016) |
| <08> | Linford, N T. 1997. Hamstead Marshall, Berkshire - Report on Geophysical Surveys, 1996. 2019 WBC Network. [Unpublished document / SWB13940]
http://research.historicengland.org.uk/redirect.aspx?id=4641|HAMSTEAD MARSHALL, BERKSHIRE, REPORT ON GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS, 1996 (Accessed 30/05/2018) |
| <09> | 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
| MWB1541 | HAMSTEAD MARSHALL PARK - Medieval Village core (Monument) |
| MWB5313 | HAMSTEAD MARSHALL VILLAGE (Place) |
| MWB3333 | Site of Hamstead Marshall Mansion House (Monument) |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
| EWB422 | Survey of earthworks at Hamstead Marshall |
| EWB584 | Hamstead Marshall, Berkshire - Report on Geophysical Surveys, 1996 (Ref: Ancs Mons Lab Report 2/97) |
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