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Medieval settlement of Widford immediately east of Manor Farm

England
List entry 1020970
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020970
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
3.4 hectares
Grid reference
SP 27286 12086
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Medieval settlement of Widford immediately east of Manor Farm is a deserted medieval village site located in Oxfordshire. The settlement dates to the medieval period and represents evidence of human habitation and agricultural activity that was subsequently abandoned. The site's archaeology preserves traces of the former occupation through earthworks and subsurface deposits that document the character of medieval rural settlement in the region. Its designation as an ancient monument reflects the historical importance of understanding medieval settlement patterns and the processes of village desertion that affected many English communities.

Medieval settlement of Widford immediately east of Manor Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020970. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Medieval settlement of Widford immediately east of Manor Farm?

Medieval settlement of Widford immediately east of Manor Farm is a deserted medieval village site located in Oxfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020970.

Who is responsible for protecting Medieval settlement of Widford immediately east of Manor Farm?

Medieval settlement of Widford immediately east 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 1020970.

What other scheduled monuments are near Medieval settlement of Widford immediately east of Manor Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pair of confluent bowl barrows 200m SSW of Bockett's Corner on Leigh Hale Plain (2.1 km), Asthall Barrow: an Anglo-Saxon burial mound 100m SSW of Barrow Farm (2.6 km), Roman villa and associated bath house 450m north west of Lower Field Farm (3.2 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Pair of confluent bowl barrows 200m SSW of Bockett's Corner on Leigh Hale Plain
2.1 km
Asthall Barrow: an Anglo-Saxon burial mound 100m SSW of Barrow Farm
2.6 km
Roman villa and associated bath house 450m north west of Lower Field Farm
3.2 km
Minster Lovell Hall
5.2 km
Dovecote 125m north of Minster Lovell Hall
5.2 km
Anglo-Saxon burial mound 450m north west of University Farm
7.4 km
Lew village cross
7.7 km
Rectangular enclosures 1100yds (1010m) NW of Mount Owen Farm
8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Medieval settlement of Widford immediately east of Manor Farm

Medieval settlement of Widford immediately east of Manor Farm stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Medieval settlement of Widford immediately east of Manor Farm

CirencesterRoman town · ~16.6 milesAlchesterRoman town · ~19.2 milesDorchester-on-ThamesRoman town · ~21.9 milesBattle of Stow (-on-the-Wold) 1646Battle (1646) · ~11.5 milesBattle of Edgehill 1642Battle (1642) · ~23.4 milesBattle of Evesham 1265Battle (1265) · ~24.9 milesBattle of Cropredy Bridge 1644Battle (1644) · ~25 miles
Domesday entry for Widford, Gloucestershire →
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