Monument record 0058900000 - EVERSHAW FARM

Summary

Earthworks of a deserted medieval settlement seen on aerial photographs and presence suggested by historical records. Recorded in Domesday Book.

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Planning Notification Area: Earthworks of Medieval deserted village of Evershaw
SHINE: Medieval village earthworks at Evershaw Farm and adjacent ridge and furrow earthworks

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Type and Period (5)

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?)

Description

AP & FIELD VISIT SUGGEST VILLAGE SITE MAY BE IN 2 FIELDS SE OF FARMHOUSE; HOUSE PLATFORMS SEEN IN FIELD E OF FARM(B8).NGR TO CENTRE OF AREA(B7).C13 & EARLIER REFS TO VILLAGE,CHAPEL,WINDMILL OF EVERSHAW(B5).3-4 HOUSES IN 1755;NOW ONLY THE NAME OF THE FARM & ADJOINING LANDS(B4).

A cripple holds Evershaw from the King in alms for 1 hide. Land for 2 ploughs; they are there, with 2 villagers. The value is and always was 20s. He also held before 1066. (B1)

Part of a probable medieval deserted settlement is visible on remote sensing data as earthworks and was mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304). Located in a field immediately adjacent Evershaw Farm and centred at SP 63644 38311, the earthworks comprise several contiguous rectilinear platforms defined by a number of linear scarps or parallel and perpendicular earthworks banks. None of these earthwork features are clearly visible on historic aerial photographs taken in the 1940s (11).

Sources (12)

---SBC18812 Aerial Photograph: 11/10/46. RAF 20.4189. SP\640370. Yes.
<1>SBC16713 Bibliographic reference: WILLIS B 1755 HISTORY & ANTIQUITIES OF-- BUCKINGHA M P156.
<2>SBC6914 Bibliographic reference: KELKE WH 1854 DESECRATED CHURCHES OF BUCKS IN RECSOFBUCKS1P84"".
<3>SBC14169 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN P265.
<4>SBC16027 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 4 PP 155-6.
<5>SBC4587 Bibliographic reference: ELVEY GR (ED) 1968 LUFFIELD PRIORY CHARTERS PTS I &II IN BUCKSRECSOCISP41FF;197518PPLIV,120,122,136.
<6>SBC1663 Bibliographic reference: BERESFORD MW & HURST JG 1971 DESERTED MEDIEVAL VIL LAGES P 184; MVRG RECORD CARD (FILED).
<7>SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD.
<8>SBC12474 Aerial Photograph: RAF 541 Squadron. 1946. RAF Vertical Aerial Photograph, 1946: Run 20, frame 4189. Yes.
<9>SBC6884 Bibliographic reference: KEALEY EJ ? HARVESTING THE AIR; WINDMILL PIONEERS IN C12 ENGLAND PP214-5 (PHOTOCOPY IN CAS FILE).
<10>SBC4271 Bibliographic reference: John Morris (ed). 1978. Domesday Book: Buckinghamshire. 57:6.
<11>SBC25062 Digital archive: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LiDAR data. LIDAR SP63NW Environment Agency National LIDAR Programme DTM 1 Metre dated 2019 SP6338.

Location

Grid reference	SP 63600 38300 (point)
Civil Parish	BIDDLESDEN, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire