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Quarrendon I
Hob Uid: 344409
Location : Buckinghamshire Berryfields
Grid Ref : SP8060015600
Summary : Deserted Medieval settlement visible as earthworks covering an areas of 25 acres, features include a holloway, streets and an irregular pattern of crofts. The pattern of streets and crofts radiate from a central pond and mill. A rapid examination of air photography shows the earthworks to be extant in 1985.
More information : (SP 806156) Village (NR) (site of) (NAT) (1) The deserted village of Quarrendon I at SP 806156 has a main street marked by a holloway which runs diagonally across the site, with a network of streets and an irregular pattern of crofts. Probably depopulated before 1485. It is connected to Quarrendon II (see SP 71 NE 12) by a holloway. (2-4) SP 8055 1575. A nucleated desertion, the pattern of streets and crofts radiating from a centralised pond and mill. The extant earthworks are extensive and occupy some 25.0 acres of permanent pasture; the hollows" of the streets achieve a maximum depth of 1.7m and the crofts are of various sizes and shapes; no steadings were found; this can be attributed to three causes, the use of the streets as early droves and later as passage for heavy agricultural equipment; and the close proximity of the adjacent Civil War Battery (SP 81 NW 8) (and its garrison soldiery) which actually backs on to the village at its SE position. Surveyed on 1:2500 AM. The 'hollow-way' connecting this site to Quarrendon II (SP 71 NE 12) can no longer be interpreted. (5) A rapid examination of air photography (6a) shows the village earthworks extant in 1985. (6) Following RCHME level 3 survey in 1989-90, now understood to be medieval settlement remains in the form of a hamlet based on a green, and part of a dispersed settlement pattern in the parish. (7)

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Source details : OS 6" 1958
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Source details : Medieval England. An Aerial Survey. 1958 58-9 117 (M W Beresford, J K St Joseph)
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : Deserted Medieval Villages 1971 184 (M Beresford, J G Hurst)
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : Aerial Photographs (RAF CPE/UK2008 4081-2 16.4.47)
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : F1 FDC 5-JUL-77
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Source Number : 6
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Source details : Andrew Miller/26-APR-1994/RCHME: AP Primary Recording Project
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Source Number : 6a
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Source details : NMR, SP 8015/54-5, 58-71
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Source Number : 7
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Source details : RCHME field investigation 1989-90 R Wilson-North, M Jecock, W Cocroft; report 1999 P Everson
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Deserted Settlement
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : BU 43e
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 12004/1
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SP 81 NW 3
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1977-07-05
End Date : 1977-07-05

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Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 1989-01-01
End Date : 1990-12-31

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Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 1992-01-01
End Date : 1996-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : WATCHING BRIEF
Start Date : 1993-01-01
End Date : 1993-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : EVALUATION
Start Date : 2009-01-01
End Date : 2009-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Quarrendon I