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Shrunken medieval village NW of Churchill old church is a deserted medieval settlement located in Oxfordshire. The site preserves archaeological evidence of a village that contracted or was abandoned, a pattern characteristic of many English settlements from the medieval period onwards, particularly following demographic changes and economic shifts of the later medieval centuries. The monument survives as earthwork remains in the landscape, with evidence of former occupation visible through field archaeology. Such shrunken villages represent important evidence for understanding rural settlement patterns, land use, and social change in medieval and post-medieval England.
Shrunken medieval village NW of Churchill old church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006317. View the official record →
Shrunken medieval village NW of Churchill old church is a deserted medieval settlement located in Oxfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006317.
Shrunken medieval village NW of Churchill old 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 1006317.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including One of a pair of bowl barrows 370m north-west of High Lodge (8 km), Medieval moat surrounding High Lodge, 400m north east of Kingstanding Farm (8.4 km), Shipton Barrow: a bowl barrow, Saxon barrow, and associated earthwork enclosure 350m north of Downs Lodge (9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Shrunken medieval village NW of Churchill old 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.
Shrunken medieval village NW of Churchill old church stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.