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Deserted village of Boughton, NW of Manor Farm is a medieval settlement site located in Huntingdonshire. The village was abandoned during the medieval period, likely as a result of the depopulation movements affecting rural England in the later medieval centuries. The site is marked by earthworks and surface remains that indicate the former arrangement of the settlement, including the outlines of former house plots and field systems. Such deserted medieval villages represent important archaeological evidence of changes in settlement patterns and land use in medieval and early modern England.
Deserted village of Boughton, NW of Manor Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006848. View the official record →
Deserted village of Boughton, NW of Manor Farm is a medieval settlement site located in Huntingdonshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006848.
Deserted village of Boughton, NW of Manor Farm 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 1006848.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Buckden Palace (3 km), Moated site in Toseland Wood (4.2 km), The Malting (kiln) (4.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Deserted village of Boughton, NW of Manor Farm'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.
Deserted village of Boughton, NW of Manor Farm stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.