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| HER Number | MWB3590 |
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| Record Type | Place |
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| Name | Burghfield |
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Summary
Documentary evidence of Saxon land use and Domesday settlement
Other Statuses and Cross-References
- Berkshire SMR No. (pre 2000): 01521.01.000
Monument Type(s):
- VILLAGE (To 1068 AD and From 1086 AD)
Full Description
The earliest documentary reference to Burghfield is found in a phrase 'Beorhfeldinga Gemaere' meaning the boundary of the people of Burghfield, in a grant of c950 <1><2><3>. Burghfield also appears in another land grant of Emma to Winchester <3><4>. The place name means open land by the hill <5>. Ancient field names are mentioned in <9>.
There were two manors known as Burghfield Regis and Burghfield Abbas <5>.
Sources and further reading
| <01> | Kemble, John Mitchell. 1839-1848. Codex Diplomaticus (Cod. Dipl.). K. K 1175. [Monograph / SWB13687]
http://www.kemble.asnc.cam.ac.uk/ (Accessed 09/03/2015 - under development? 17/12/2018) |
| <02> | Birch, W de G (ed). 1885-1893. Cartularium Saxonicum. B 888. [Monograph / SWB13686]
http://ota.ahds.ac.uk/desc/0511 (Accessed 06/01/2016) |
| <03> | Peake, H. 1931. The Archaeology of Berkshire. p184. [Monograph / SWB10018] |
| <04> | Page and Ditchfield (eds). 1923. Victoria County History (VCH) Berks III 1923. Vol 3. p400. [Monograph / SWB10005]
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/berks/vol3 (Accessed 08/03/2022) |
| <05> | Gelling, M. 1973. The Place Names of Berkshire - Part One. English Place-Name Society Vol XLIX. p204-5. [Monograph / SWB10003] |
| <06> | Morgan, P (ed). 1979. Domesday Book - Berkshire. DB5. 60d, 62d. [Monograph / SWB14587]
https://opendomesday.org/ (Accessed 11/01/2023) |
| <07> | Timmins, G. 2008. Burghfield - A Village History. [Unpublished document / SWB147446] |
| <08> | Daniel Smith, Son & Oakley. 1800s. The Burghfield and Shinfield Estates, Berks Sale Catalogue Map. [Map / SWB147576] |
| <09> | 1889-91. Quarterly Journal of the Berkshire Archaeological and Architectural Society Vol I. I. In ADS Journals. 10.5284/1000017. p79-80 in The Value of Field Names. [Article in serial / SWB5021]
http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/berks_bas_2007/journal.cfm?volume=-101 (Accessed 18/05/2016) |
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