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The medieval hall and settlement remains immediately west of St John's Church in Yorkshire form part of a significant archaeological landscape documenting rural settlement patterns of the medieval period. The site comprises structural evidence of domestic occupation, including the fragmentary remains of a substantial hall building alongside ancillary structures characteristic of a medieval farmstead or minor manor. The archaeological deposits and earthwork features visible at the site provide important testimony to the organisation and development of this settlement, which appears to have undergone occupation and modification across the medieval centuries. The proximity of these remains to the parish church suggests a settlement of some local importance, with the hall potentially representing the residence of a person of modest status within the medieval social hierarchy.
Medieval hall and settlement remains immediately west of St John's Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017995. View the official record →
The medieval hall and settlement remains immediately west of St John's Church in Yorkshire form part of a significant archaeological landscape documenting rural settlement patterns of the medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017995.
Medieval hall and settlement remains immediately west of St John'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 1017995.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Martin's collegiate church and medieval standing cross, Lowthorpe (1.4 km), Bowl barrow on Fox Hill (1.5 km), Nunnery Hill and adjacent earthworks, Little Kelk (1.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Medieval hall and settlement remains immediately west of St John'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.
Medieval hall and settlement remains immediately west of St John's Church stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.