Monument record 0055700000 - QUARRENDON I, E OF CHURCH FM

Summary

Hollow-ways, house platforms and enclosure earthworks of a deserted medieval settlement recorded in field survey and on aerial photographs, also known from historical sources

Protected Status/Designation

  • Ancient Monument 1013416: DESERTED VILLAGES AND CIVIL WAR EARTHWORK (DBC7105)
  • Planning Notification Area: Earthwork complex of Medieval deserted village, church and manor and Tudor mansion and gardens (DBC9396)
  • SHINE: Quarrendon deserted medieval village, manor, Tudor garden earthworks and Weedon Hill Roman settlement (DBC7583)

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Type and Period (10)

  • DESERTED SETTLEMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HOLLOW WAY (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?)
  • BOUNDARY BANK (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD?)
  • BANK (EARTHWORK) (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD?)
  • PLATFORM (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD?)
  • PIT (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD?)
  • SCARP (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD?)
  • RIDGE AND FURROW (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD?)

Description

Referred to as depopulated, 1636 (B1).
Turned into a sheep-farm, early C16 (B2).
Deserted village has a main street (hollow way) with a network of streets & irregular crofts radiating from a central pond. Extant earthworks are extensive: crofts are of various sizes & shapes. No steadings (B3-7).
Survey (B8).
Photos (B10).
Aps (B11-16).
Site visit 2000 photos (B17).
Resistivity survey in two areas defined anomalies in both areas that could be realted to both known earthworks and unmapped features (B20).

The remains of a medieval deserted settlement of Quarrendon is visible on historic aerial photographs and remote sensing data as earthworks and was mapped as part of the Aylesbury Vale Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18604). Located in fields E of Berryfields and centred at SP 80552 15772, the settlement extends over about 670 metres N-S and 480 metres W-E and was likely depopulated prior to 1485 AD. The settlement comprises linear earthworks banks defining an irregularly shaped perimeter, within which is a complex of hollow ways, trackways and boundary ditches, generally aligned NW-SE and NE-SW, that enclose numerous earthwork scarps, banks and platforms of various shapes and sizes. To the SE of the settlement are ten small blocks of ridge and furrow cultivation earthworks (22-31 ).

Sources (35)

  • ---SBC21044 Aerial Photograph: Mike Farley (BCM). 1998. 1998 Mike Farley oblique AP. SP80561578. Yes.
  • ---SBC24871 Aerial Photograph: Michael Farley. 2012. Oblique colour aerial photo taken on 25th February 2012. SP80411578. Yes.
  • ---SBC24872 Aerial Photograph: Michael Farley. 2012. Oblique colour aerial photo taken on 25th February 2012. SP80561577. Yes.
  • ---SBC24874 Aerial Photograph: Michael Farley. 2012. Oblique colour aerial photo taken on 25th February 2012. SP80561577. Yes.
  • <1>SBC20463 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1927. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume IV. Volume 4. p100.
  • <2>SBC2826 Bibliographic reference: CHAMBERS E K 1936 SIR HENRY LEE PP12-15 ETC.
  • <3>SBC1635 Bibliographic reference: BERESFORD M W & ST JOSEPH J K 1958 MEDIEVAL ENGLAN D,AN AERIAL SURVEY PP57-59,116-117.
  • <4>SBC1632 Bibliographic reference: BERESFORD M W & HURST J G 1971 DESERTED MEDIEVAL V ILLAGES PP64,184,307/BERESFORD M W 1953 NOTES ON .
  • <5>SBC5756 Bibliographic reference: GOWING C N & FARLEY M E SEPT 1973 FIELD VISIT.
  • <6>SBC13997 Scheduling record: English Heritage. 1990. SCHEDULING LISTS OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS.
  • <7>SBC10940 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SP81 NW3, JULY 1968 (FILED)(SURVEY IN CAS FILE 0407).
  • <8>SBC13166 Graphic material: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments of England. 1990. Detailed topographic earthwork survey (COPY FILED).
  • <9>SBC4744 Verbal communication: FARLEY M (1997) PERS COMM.(ENTRY FORM 2307) FILED IN ENVELOPE FILE.
  • <10>SBC11559 Bibliographic reference: PARKHOUSE J (BCM) FEB 1996 SITE VISIT (PHOTOS, FILED AT CAS 0407).
  • <11>SBC18428 Aerial Photograph: 06/02/85. NMR SP8015/55/166-7. SP\806157. Yes.
  • <12>SBC17394 Aerial Photograph: 05/02/90. BCM A14/8/15,21,26. SP\805157. Yes.
  • <13>SBC17897 Aerial Photograph: 27/04/54. CUC NY 73. SP\806157. Yes.
  • <14>SBC17793 Aerial Photograph: 25/07/48. CUC BV 87. SP\806158. Yes.
  • <15>SBC17813 Aerial Photograph: 09/04/49. CUC CA 78-80. SP\805158. Yes.
  • <16>SBC18427 Aerial Photograph: 06/02/85. NMR SP8015/54/158-61. SP\805158. Yes.
  • <17>SBC19289 Photograph: Kidd S & Wise J. 2000. Quarrendon DMV SAM site visit 2000.
  • <18>SBC19329 Article in serial: Paul Everson. 2001. Peasants, Peers and Graziers: The Landscape of Quarrendon, Buckinghamshire, interpreted.
  • <19>SBC24011 Unpublished document: John Samuels Archaeological Consultants. 2001. An Analysis of the Setting of Quarrendon Scheduled Ancient Monument (No.12004) in Relation to the Proposed Development at Weedon Hill, Aylesbury.
  • <20>SBC24094 Unpublished document: Chess Valley Archaeological and Historical Society. Resistivity Survey of two sections of the Deserted Medieval Settlements of Quarrendon, Buckinghamshire.
  • <21>SBC25937 Unpublished document: Michael Farley Archaeology. 1999. Quarrendon: A Preliminary Study of its Archaeology and Management.
  • <22>SBC27108 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2025. RAF-AC275 V 5014 07-MAR-1943.
  • <23>SBC27109 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2025. RAF-CPE-UK-2540 V 5099 25-MAR-1948.
  • <24>SBC27110 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2025. RAF-540-1269 F22 0008 12-MAR-1954.
  • <25>SBC27111 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2025. RAF-58-4627 F43 412 16-AUG-1961.
  • <26>SBC27112 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2025. OS-76043 V 018 29-APR-1976.
  • <27>SBC27114 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2025. OS-86248 V 226 26-OCT-1986.
  • <28>SBC27113 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2025. NMR 2198-160 06-FEB-1985.
  • <29>SBC27115 Digital archive: Historic England. 2025. Deserted villages and Civil War earthwork – List Entry Number 1013416.
  • <30>SBC25452 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust. 2021. Quarrendon House: Understanding Historic Parks and Gardens in Buckinghamshire. Accessed online 04-NOV-2024..
  • <31>SBC27116 Digital archive: The Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust Research & Recording Project. 2024. Quarrendon House: Understanding Historic Parks and Gardens in Buckinghamshire.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 8056 1580 (470m by 540m)
Civil Parish QUARRENDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Monuments/Buildings (5)

Related Events/Activities (4)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC14147)
  • Event - Survey: Detailed earthwork survey (EBC15854)
  • Event - Survey: Resistivity Survey (EBC17468)
  • Event - Survey: Site visit 2000 (EBC15811)

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Feb 3 2025 11:06AM

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