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Shrunken medieval village at Caldecotte

England
List entry 1007941
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007941
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
3.07 hectares
Grid reference
SP 89334 35390
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Caldecotte is a shrunken medieval village located in Buckinghamshire. The site represents the earthwork remains of a settlement that was substantially depopulated or abandoned, likely during the late medieval period when many English villages experienced desertion owing to enclosure, plague, or economic change. The monument survives as ridge and furrow cultivation patterns and building platforms visible in the landscape, providing archaeological evidence of former habitation and agricultural practice. The site is significant for understanding the transformations of rural settlement patterns in the English Midlands and South during the medieval and early modern periods.

Shrunken medieval village at Caldecotte is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007941. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Shrunken medieval village at Caldecotte?

Caldecotte is a shrunken medieval village located in Buckinghamshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007941.

Who is responsible for protecting Shrunken medieval village at Caldecotte?

Shrunken medieval village at Caldecotte 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 1007941.

What other scheduled monuments are near Shrunken medieval village at Caldecotte?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval manor of Simpson (1.1 km), Roman town of Magiovinium and Roman fort (2 km), Danesborough Camp: a slight univallate hillfort 420m north of The Knoll (2.8 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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
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.
Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Medieval manor of Simpson
1.1 km
Roman town of Magiovinium and Roman fort
2 km
Danesborough Camp: a slight univallate hillfort 420m north of The Knoll
2.8 km
Shrunken Medieval Village, Woughton on the Green
2.9 km
Motte castle 200m south-east of Wavendon Manor
3.1 km
Moated site with associated earthworks, 770m south of St Mary's Church, south of the junction of Childs Way and Fulmer Street
5.9 km
Moated site known as `The Hoult' and associated field system
6.3 km
Fishpond in Water Spinney 600m SE of St Giles's Church Tattenhoe
6.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Shrunken medieval village at Caldecotte

Shrunken medieval village at Caldecotte stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Shrunken medieval village at Caldecotte

TowcesterRoman town · ~15 milesIrchesterRoman town · ~19.4 milesAlchesterRoman town · ~22 milesSt AlbansRoman town · ~23 milesBattle of Northampton (1460)Battle (1460) · ~16.7 miles
Domesday entry for Simpson, Buckinghamshire →
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