More information : [SK 87413025] Hungerton Church [GT] (Site of) (1)
The villages of Hungerton and Wyville [see SK 82 NE 11] are
listed in Domesday. Each village had its small church, and
together they formed a joint rectory.
By the latter part of the 16th century both church and
inhabitants had gone.
Hungerton Hall, the only house in Hungerton, was built c.1790-5 (2-4)
Sir Dennis Le Marchant of the hall said the house was built in
1782; He also stated that building debris has been ploughed up
on either side of a shallow valley in the area SK 874301. No
earthworks remain, now, but this probably marks the site of the
village.
The site of the church is marked by a low irregular mound. (5)
SK 873302 Nothing was observed when a pipeline was cut near the
site. (6)
The Medieval settlement, referred to by the previous authority, was
seen as earthworks, between Hungerton Hall and Hungerton Home Farm,
and mapped from good quality air photographs. Parts of the
settlement have been ploughed flat and are visible as cropmarks.
The remains of tofts are visible as embanked enclosures, measuring
on average 45m by 40m, flanking the stream. They are centred at
SK 8756 3008. Within the crofts are the remains of buildings
centred at SK 8755 3007, SK 8762 3005 and SK 8760 3003. Two
platforms centred at SK 8758 3003 and SK 8755 3004, may be the
remains of more buildings. A pond is centred at SK 8676 3009. The
church site, referred to by authority 5, was not visible on the
available air photographs. The church is about 100m north of the
settlement remains and this probably means more extensive remains
of settlement have been destroyed by the building of the Hall.
(Morph No. LI.728.4.1-9)
This description is based on data from the RCHME MORPH2 database.
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