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This ancient monument in Yorkshire comprises an Anglo-Saxon cemetery and medieval manorial centre adjacent to St Peter's Church, representing continuous settlement and land use from the early medieval period onwards. The site includes evidence of fishponds and portions of the open field system that characterised medieval agricultural organisation in this locality. The Anglo-Saxon cemetery demonstrates the site's significance as a burial ground during the early medieval period, while the manorial features reflect the feudal agricultural and administrative structures of the medieval period. The surviving earthworks and field arrangements provide material evidence of the relationship between religious, residential, and economic activities in a medieval English village landscape.
Anglo-Saxon cemetery and medieval manorial centre including fishponds and part of the open field system adjacent to St Peter's Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021088. View the official record →
This ancient monument in Yorkshire comprises an Anglo-Saxon cemetery and medieval manorial centre adjacent to St Peter's Church, representing continuous settlement and land use from the early medieval period onwards. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021088.
Anglo-Saxon cemetery and medieval manorial centre including fishponds and part of the open field system adjacent to St Peter's Church is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1021088.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cup-marked rock west of confluence of Lodepit Beck and Glovershaw Beck (10.5 km), Cup and groove-marked rock on east edge of Glovershaw quarry (10.5 km), Small carved rock in path east of Glovershaw quarry (10.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Anglo-Saxon cemetery and medieval manorial centre including fishponds and part of the open field system adjacent to St Peter's Church's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Anglo-Saxon cemetery and medieval manorial centre including fishponds and part of the open field system adjacent to St Peter's Church stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.