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Burston is a deserted medieval village located in Buckinghamshire, England. The site, recorded in the National Heritage List for England under entry 1017778, represents the remains of a settlement that was abandoned during the medieval period, with evidence suggesting depopulation occurred in the later medieval centuries. The village survives as earthworks and field features that preserve the plan of the former settlement, including characteristic ridge-and-furrow field systems and the foundations of house platforms typical of deserted medieval villages. Such sites provide valuable archaeological evidence for understanding medieval rural settlement patterns, land use, and the economic and social changes that led to village abandonment in England.
The medieval village of Burston is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017778. View the official record →
Burston is a deserted medieval village located in Buckinghamshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017778.
The medieval village of Burston 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 1017778.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site immediately east of All Saint's Church (2.4 km), Moated site 180m south west of St James's Church (3.7 km), Deserted villages and Civil War earthwork (4.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of The medieval village of Burston'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.
The medieval village of Burston stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.