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Deserted village (site of) is a medieval settlement site located in Huntingdonshire, England. The monument represents the remains of a village that was abandoned, likely during the late medieval period, a process that affected numerous English settlements between the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries. Such deserted medieval villages typically resulted from a combination of factors including economic changes, plague, enclosure, and shifting agricultural practices. The site survives as earthworks and archaeological evidence rather than standing structures, preserving important information about medieval rural settlement patterns and land use in the East Midlands.
Deserted village (site of) is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006814. View the official record →
Deserted village (site of) is a medieval settlement site located in Huntingdonshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006814.
Deserted village (site of) 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 1006814.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Deserted village (site of) (0.7 km), Hamerton Bridge (2 km), Moated site and shrunken medieval village at Winwick (2.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Deserted village (site of)'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 (site of) stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.