Monument record 0054201000 - HOGGESTON

Summary

Medieval village earthworks recorded from aerial photography. Extensive remains of medieval settlement shrinkage is visible on historic aerial photographs and remote sensing data as earthworks and was mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304).

Protected Status/Designation

  • SHINE: Hoggeston medieval village earthworks and trackways (DBC7421)

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Type and Period (8)

  • SHRUNKEN VILLAGE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • PLATFORM (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD?)
  • BOUNDARY DITCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD?)
  • TRACKWAY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD?)
  • DITCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD?)
  • POND (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD?)
  • SCARP (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD?)
  • TERRACED GROUND (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD?)

Description

Dimensions - Length 400m, Width 200m.
Extensive house platforms & associated tracks surround village, especially between SP8051 2525 & SP8055 2505, & at SP8076 2496. Possible re-interpretation of 'village enclosure', see 00:000 (B4).

Extensive remains of medieval settlement shrinkage is visible on historic aerial photographs and remote sensing data as earthworks and was mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304). Located primarily north of New Row across the eastern side of Hoggeston village and centred at SP 80600 25202, the settlement remains comprise a series of mostly rectilinear earthwork platforms of various sizes, bounded by a network of interconnected ditches or trackways. Also visible are terracing scarps and four probable ponds. Aerial photographs taken in 2019 and recent remote sensing data indicate that almost all these features remain extant, with one probable pond having been built upon (10-14).



(Centred SP 807250) Shrunken village of Hoggeston was enclosed by an oblong ditch with rounded corners 440 yards from E to W and 220 yards from N to S (B15).
Ditch and street layout (B9).
Sporadic earthworks consistent with Md village shrinkage are visible in the fields adjoining the modern village. The most coherent remains (in area centred SP 805251) form a W boundary trackway extending for c 200m N-S, with adjoining enclosures. Earthworks visible on Aps (2) in field centred SP 80652512 are largely the result of later disturbance, whilst those visible in field centred SP 80652520 form the remains of two ditched enclosures, each c46.0m across. The western part of this field now forms a garden extension. Surveyed at 1:2500 (B16).
No change to report of 11.6.74. No extant remains fall on SP 82 SW (Aylesbury O/H 2) (B17).
A rapid examination of air photography (b9) shows the earthworks of the shrunken village (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.

Sources (19)

  • <1>SBC17217 Aerial Photograph: 01/11/88. BCC A13/8/3-4. SP\806251. Yes.
  • <2>SBC18884 Aerial Photograph: 12/12/46. RAF 36A.3293. SP\812252. Yes.
  • <3>SBC20705 Aerial Photograph: Michael Farley. 2001. 2001 oblique AP by Mike Farley. SP80752505. Yes.
  • <4>SBC5025 Verbal communication: Mike Farley (BCM). 1988. PERS COMM, NOV 1988, INFORMATION FROM RAF, ST JOSEPH, NMR & HIS OWN A/P'S.
  • <5>SBC17218 Aerial Photograph: 14/03/81. BCC A5/15/28A-30A. SP\808250. Yes.
  • <6>SBC17790 Aerial Photograph: 25/07/48. CUC BV 75-76. SP\808251. Yes.
  • <7>SBC20706 Aerial Photograph: Michael Farley. 2001. 2001 oblique AP by Mike Farley. SP80652510. Yes.
  • <8>SBC18430 Aerial Photograph: 06/04/78. NMR SP8025/1/248. SP\807251. Yes.
  • <9>SBC17811 Aerial Photograph: 09/04/49. CUC CA 111-113. SP\807251. Yes.
  • <10>SBC25787 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2022. RAF-CPE-UK-1897 RP 3292 12-DEC-1946.
  • <11>SBC25788 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2022. RAF-CPE-UK-1897 RP 3295 12-DEC-1946.
  • <12>SBC25593 Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. Google Earth Pro. dated 01-JAN-2009 Date Accessed 06-JUN-2022.
  • <13>SBC25062 Digital archive: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LiDAR data. LIDAR SP82NW Environment Agency Composite DTM 1 Metre dated 2017-2019 SP8025.
  • <14>SBC25596 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2022. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery. 14-SEP-2019 SP8025.
  • <15>SBC20460 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1905. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume I. Volume 1.
  • <16>SBC29226 Verbal communication: J R Linge. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 JRL 11-JUN-74.
  • <17>SBC29227 Verbal communication: F D Colquhoun. 1977. Field Investigators Comments - F2 FDC 08-JUL-77.
  • <18>SBC28615 Unpublished document: Andrew Miller. 1994. RCHME: AP Primary Recording Project.
  • <19>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 8080 2505 (600m by 400m)
Civil Parish HOGGESTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Event - Survey: Aerial investigation and mapping project (Ref: 7768) (EBC18304)
  • Event - Interpretation: Aerial photographic identification (EBC14045)
  • Event - Survey: RCHME: Air Photograph Primary Recording Project 1992-1996 (EBC18831)

Record last edited

Feb 25 2026 12:06PM

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