Monument record 0043000000 - BOARSTALL

SAM. 1444 MAP SHOWS VILLA DE BOARSTALL (B1, B13).
C16/C17 MAP SHOWS N-S STREET, HOUSES EITHER SIDE (B2).
DEPOPULATED/DESERTED MED PERIOD? (B7).
DESTROYED IN CIVIL WAR (B10).
1695 PRINT SUGGESTS VILLAGE SITE UNDER FORMAL GARDENS (B3).
3HA OF SURVEYABLE DESERTION; 2HA PLOUGHED, 1977 (B7).
NATIONAL TRUST SURVEY (B12).



SP 623143 DMV at Boarstall. Listed (B6).

(Centred SP 62401400) "Shrunken medieval village extends south or east of road. At SP 62231415 a few medieval sherds collected, 13th to 15th centuries." (B15-B16)

Three hectares of surveyable desertion occupy level pasture bordering the N. and E. sides of a field of broad rig. The area, centred at SP 62371400, is to the S. of the manorial moat and the church, and bounded on the E by a sinuous modern road, and there is evidence of, perhaps a further two hectares of desertion to the E. of the road now erased by ploughing.
Four building sites are represented by scooped platforms 0.3m deep and measuring 12.0m by 8.0m. Attendant garden plots incorporate other vague irregularities which may indicate further building sites. These plots are enclosed by scarps and banks averaging 0.4m high. A hollow way or ditch separates the village from the arable and another hollow way 0.6m deep parallels the present road for 100m and may have extended eastwards into the now ploughed area at SP 62451399.
The desertion may be entirely medieval but it is notable that Boarstall church was demolished circa 1645 on permission from the King with "such houses as seemed necessary" for the security of the Royalist garrison at Boarstall. The church was rebuilt after 1645.
Surveyed at 1:2500 on PFD (B17)

Scheduled No. 134 (B8)

Documents suggest that final desertion was the result of clearance during 1645 (B10).

NRHE insert 2004, update 2011 (B18).

This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.