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Wilstrop
Hob Uid: 55085
Location : North Yorkshire Harrogate Wilstrop
Grid Ref : SE4865455310
Summary : Medieval settlement of Wilstrop depopulated in the late C15th for conversion to a park. The earthworks of this settlement still survive and are visible on air photographs taken in 1994. Ditched enclosures and hollow ways are visible. Adjacent to the settlement is ridge and furrow (see SE 45 SE 28).
More information : [SE 486 553] Village [GT] (Site of) (1) The hollow way and boundaries of the lost village of Wilstrop are clearly visible to the east and north-east of Wilstrop Hall, the house sites are not so distinct. The depopulation took place in the late 15th century. (2) The site of this village is traceable by a series of scattered earthen baulks and ditches centred SE 4870 5538 which form no coherent pattern and are not surveyable. (3) Wilstrop is unusually well documented from the 13th-15th centuries. Its depopulation and conversion to a park is recorded in Star Chamber Procedures. A documentary source Lists at least twenty-six separate dwelling units with their enclosed gardens behind them. (4) Wilstrop. Listed as DMV. (5) The earthworks of this settlement still survive and are visible on air photographs taken in 1994. In the area centred at SE 4860 5538 ditched enclosures and hollow ways are visible. Further to the west at SE 4846 5518 three parallel ditches are possibly the remains of a holloway / droveway out to fields. Enclosures of a field system and ridge and furrow are recorded in this area (see SE 45 NE 18 & SE 45 SE 28). (6)

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Source details : OS 6", 1958.
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Source details : YAJ 38, 1953, pp.223-5, (Beresford).
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Source details : A.P. 106G/UK/1306/4477
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Source details : F1 RL 12-JUN-63
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : Lost Villages of England 1963 305 (M W Beresford)
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : DMV's 1971 168 212 (Eds M W Beresford & J G Hurst)
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Source Number : 6
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Source details : CUCAP (AWS 28) 31-JAN-1969
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
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Monument End Date : 1599
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Monument Type : Deserted Settlement, Hollow Way, Ditched Enclosure
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SE 45 NE 8
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Relationship type : General association

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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1949-01-01
End Date : 1949-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1963-06-12
End Date : 1963-06-12

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 1998-01-06
End Date : 2000-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Wilstrop