More information : TF 086787 (centred). Site of the previously unlocated deserted
settlement of Helethorpe, documented by name from 1212 to as late as
1711. Earthworks on the site are recorded on early APs (a) but were
subsequently destroyed. In plan they formed a rectangular block that
might be either a single large demesne farm or a small settlement.
The ditched and embanked arrangement of the whole may argue for the
former. The site appears to have been inserted into an arable field
system at the junction of several furlongs. Field-walking in 1977
produced pottery of the 12th to early 15th centuries but no later.
In one area was a very large and dense scatter of tile of shelly
fabric, which could indicate manufacture on the site. (1-2)
The Medieval and Post Medieval settlement of Helethorpe was visible
as earthworks on early photographs, but levelled and visible as
cropmarks on later photographs and mapped.
(Morph No. LI.541.3.1-3)
This description is based on data from the RCHME MORPH2 database.
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