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Pipewell
Hob Uid: 345996
Location : Northamptonshire Kettering Rushton
Grid Ref : SP8380085600
Summary : The earthwork and buried remains of the medieval settlement of Pipewell. The settelemnt predated the neighbouring abbey (SP 88 NW 8) which was founded in 1143. The remains of the settlement include a number of low earthworks measuring 0.75 metres high, and forming at least two platforms and enclosures, defined by shallow banks and hollow ways. A small settlement, with nine households, is recorded in the Domesday survey, and it formed part of three manors, located in Stoke Hundred to the north, and Rothwell Hundred to the south of the Brook. There are no further records of the settlement, which must have been depopulated or incorporated into the abbey estates at its foundation in 1143. The inhabitants may have become labourers for the abbey or joined the monks as lay brothers. Documentary references indicate a secular population continued on the abbey estates. Scheduled.
More information : The DMV of Pipewell, SP 837856. The Domesday Survey records a population of 9 for the village in 1086, and it seems probable that it was deserted in 1143 when the Cistercian Abbey (SP 88 NW 8) was founded. In 1547 the area was used for sheep pasture, but in 1674 there were two houses recorded there. The population increased, and in 1841, had reached 121. (Nothing clearly visible on APs only probable remains of quarrying). (1) The earthworks published at SP 838856 are mainly quarrying with the odd service road. No remains identifidable as desertion seen. (2) Deserted village of Pipewell (centred SP 839857). Remains ie either side of Harpers Brook, a situation possibly reflected is the Domesday survey which records Pipewell as divided between three manors in two different hundreds (Rothwell and Stoke). A secular settlement may have remained after the probable clearance of the village in 1143, and is refered to in the early C15th. Two areas of scarps and possible building platforms remain S of the church. [SP 840857] and S of Harpers Brook [SP 840855]. [RCHM plan]. (3)

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Source details : Allison, Beresford and Hurst. 1966. The Deserted Villages of Northamptonshire, 7, 45
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Source details : F1 BHS 24-JUL-1969
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Source details : A/P (RAF VAP F21 82/RAF/865, 0235-6; F22 540/RAF/1312 0099-0101)
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Source details : A/P (CUAP, AEV 42)
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Source details : 14-Dec-99
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval (until 1143)
Monument End Date : 1143
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Deserted Settlement, Enclosure, Building Platform, Hollow Way
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 30075
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SP 88 NW 7
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Relationship type : General association

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