Monument record 0043700000 - DADFORD, STOWE

Summary

Medieval to post-medieval village earthworks recorded on aerial photograph and historical records of depopulation of village in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Protected Status/Designation

Planning Notification Area: Medieval shrunken village earthworks at Dadford
SHINE: Stowe medieval to post medieval landscape garden, medieval deserted villages of Lamport & Boycott, shrunken village of Daford, also moats, manors and fishponds, ridge and furrow earthworks & cropmarks, and areas of ancient semi natural woodland

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Type and Period (8)

DESERTED SETTLEMENT (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1798 AD?)
BANK (EARTHWORK) (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD?)
SCARP (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD?)
BOUNDARY DITCH (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD?)
DITCH (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD?)
HOLLOW WAY (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD?)
RIDGE AND FURROW (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD?)
RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD?)

Description

VILLAGE/HAMLET VISIBLE ON AP (B6).
A NUMBER OF CLEARLY DEFINED PLATFORMS. A FINE HOLLOW WAY RUNS UPHILL TO W (NGR TO CENTRE OF THESE EARTHWORKS). NOT THOROUGHLY SURVEYED. VILLAGE BECAME DEPOPULATED WHEN STOWE HOUSE BUILT (B5).
NB: CONSISTED OF FARMHOUSE & A FEW COTTAGES C.1862 (B2).
SKETCH ON CAS CARD.

Sources (13)

<1>SBC26953 Bibliographic reference: George Lipscomb. 1847. The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham (Volume 3). Volume 3. pp113-114.
<2>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p309.
<3>SBC20463 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1927. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume IV. Volume 4. pp233-234.
<4>SBC3163 Bibliographic reference: CONGRESS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES, REPORT OF 33RD CONGRESS (1925) 1926 P18.
<5>SBC2118 Map: BULL E J 1973 PERS COMM & MAP.
<6>SBC12473 Aerial Photograph: RAF Vertical Aerial Photograph, 1946: run ?, frame 4185.
<7>SBC8382 Aerial Photograph: MEF (BCM) AP'S A25/14/0A-5A & A25/13/36-37 (APRIL 1996).
<8>SBC18810 Aerial Photograph: 11/10/46. RAF 20.4185. SP\675378. Yes.
<9>SBC26102 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2023. RAF-CPE-UK-1792 RS 4186 11-OCT-1946.
<10>SBC26093 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2023. RAF-CPE-UK-1926 RS 4230 16-JAN-1947.
<11>SBC26094 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2023. HSL-UK-69869 V 1067 19-APR-1969.
<12>SBC25062 Digital archive: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LiDAR data. LIDAR SP63NE Environment Agency National LIDAR Programme DTM 1 Metre dated 2019 SP6637.
<13>SBC26103 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2023. NMR 18981-08 14-NOV-2000.

Location

Grid reference	Centred SP 6666 3825 (290m by 340m)
Civil Parish	STOWE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire