More information : TA 078049. Owmby has a recorded population in the late 11th century
as large as at any time in the later middle ages: from the later 16th
century it is returned as one with Searby. Slight earthworks
recorded on early APs (a) reinforce the impression that the present
settlement of a simple 2-row layout on a street running at right
angles to the scarp. Only fragments of side roads or ways shown on
estate maps suggest the possibility of greater complexity. (1)
Part of the Medieval settlement referred to by the previous
authority was seen as earthworks, around Owmby village, and mapped
from poor quality air photographs. The fragmentary remains of four
possible crofts are visible, to the east of Owmby Farm, centred at
TA 0786 0498. (Morph No. LI.492.19.1)
This description is based on data from the RCHME MORPH2 database.
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