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Stock Deserted Medieval Village
Hob Uid: 45426
Location : Lancashire Pendle Bracewell and Brogden
Grid Ref : SD8679048900
Summary : The earthworks and buried remains of Stock medieval settlement together with part of its associated medieval open field system. Although the date of the first settlement at Stock is unknown its abandonment is thought to have coincided with the onset of climatic deterioration and the Black Death during the 14th century, however an alternative explanation is that final abandonment did not occur until the 19th century and was caused by a gradual population drift to the local cotton towns. The earthwork remains of the village includes a hollow ways, tofts with their associated crofts, and enclosures or paddocks. A horseshoe shaped earthwork is considered to represent the buried remains of a kiln associated with lime burning. The buried remains of further kilns are believed to exist within the monument. The communal open field system is represented by the remains of ridge and furrow produced by oxen-drawn ploughing teams. Scheduled.
More information : SD 866490. Extensive earthworks of a deserted Medieval village with well pronounced surviving enclosures, hollow-ways, tofts and crofts at Stock is visible on air photographs. Other possible features which are visible are paddock barns and stock enclosures. In plan the village has no defined form: the central polygonal field seems to form the nucleus, with a hollow-way and several tofts and crofts off it. A series of well defined earthworks near the large house at Stock Green are possibly the remains of the Manor House. Nothing visible on RAF air photographs. Scheduled. (1-2) SD 866 490. Deserted medieval village of Stock. Scheduled No LA/192. (3) Information from English Heritage Schedule Entry. (4) An alternative explanation for this desertion is one of gradual population drift to cotton-mill towns such as Barlick in the 19th century. The argument against an earlier full desertion due to the Black Death may be supported by estaste plans dated 1717 and census returns of 1851(including two shopkeepers) suggesting that there was some sort of community still at Stock. (5)

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Source details : DOE (IAM) Rec Form 05-FEB-1980
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Source details : APs (RAF 541/32 3299-3300 18.5.48)
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Source details : 14-Mar-00
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Source details : Lancashire Record Office, file DDx 160/1
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval (until C14)
Monument End Date : 1399
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Deserted Settlement, Croft, Toft, Hollow Way, Enclosure, Paddock, Open Field, Field System, Ridge And Furrow, Lime Kiln
Evidence : Earthwork, Sub Surface Deposit

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : LA 192
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 32843
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SD 84 NE 13
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Activity type : WATCHING BRIEF
Start Date : 2008-01-01
End Date : 2008-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Stock Deserted Medieval Village