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MONUMENT NO. 35797

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The remains of the deserted medieval farmstead of Slade are visible as an area of earthworks and stone banks. It was probably occupied from at least 1327 until between 1841 and 1887.

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SS 857302. Deserted medieval farmstead of Slade, indicated in the
1327 Lay Subsidy by the entry of Nicholas atte Slade ? (a). The 1841 Tithe Map indicates an estate of 36 acres (b).
(The farmstead of Slade is shown and named at SS 85703010 on OS 1" 1809). (1)

The remains of a deserted farmstead lie on the south-facing slope between Dane's Brook and Slade Lane centred at SS 85643012 above Slade Bridge. The site presently consists of an area of earthworks and stone banks upslope of a leat leading to a spring towards the centre of the field. The field has other more slight earthworks resulting from the removal of hedge banks.

The site of the building at Slade is shown on the Tithe Map of 1841 (1b). The remains in the field are quite amorphous with a platformed area 31.4m by 10.4m, cut up to 2m deep into the slope at the eastern end. The length of the platform is divided roughly into four areas by rows of raised ground which appear to correspond to walls. At the eastern end there is an easing which leads directly down towards the spring.

The medieval site of Slade farm (1a) appears to have been inhabited, if perhaps not continuously, until some time between 1841 (1b) and 1887 (2) by which time it is no longer shown. It is suggested that it was deserted later rather than earlier during this time span (3).
(2-4)

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( 1) Somerset archaeology and natural history : the proceedings of the Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society

127, 1983 Page(s)93, 102

( 1a) Somerset Record Society [series]

Kirby's Quest for Somerset, (Ed F H Dickinson) 3, 1889 Page(s)178

( 1b) Externally held archive reference

Hawkridge Tithe Map 1841 (SRO D/D/Rt 321)

( 2) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

Ordnance Survey 1887 1:2500 Somerset Sheet 56:11

( 3) Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments

( 4) Field Investigators Comments

Chapman HP 09-FEB-1995 RCHME Field Investigation

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