Landscape record 0634200000 - Open fields, Thornborough parish

Summary

Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Thornborough parish

Protected Status/Designation

  • Archaeological Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Thornborough parish (DBC8654)
  • Archaeological Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Thornborough parish (DBC8738)
  • Archaeological Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Thornborough parish (DBC8731)
  • Archaeological Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Thornborough parish (DBC8730)
  • Archaeological Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Thornborough parish (DBC8729)
  • Archaeological Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Thornborough parish (DBC8728)
  • Archaeological Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Thornborough parish (DBC8727)
  • Archaeological Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Thornborough parish (DBC8726)
  • Archaeological Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Thornborough parish (DBC8725)
  • Archaeological Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Thornborough parish (DBC8670)
  • Archaeological Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Thornborough parish (DBC8668)
  • Archaeological Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Thornborough parish (DBC8667)
  • Archaeological Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Thornborough parish (DBC8666)
  • Archaeological Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Thornborough parish (DBC8665)
  • Archaeological Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Thornborough parish (DBC8664)
  • Archaeological Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Thornborough parish (DBC8663)
  • Archaeological Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Thornborough parish (DBC8662)
  • Archaeological Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Thornborough parish (DBC8661)
  • Archaeological Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Thornborough parish (DBC8660)
  • Archaeological Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Thornborough parish (DBC8659)
  • Archaeological Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Thornborough parish (DBC8658)
  • Archaeological Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Thornborough parish (DBC8657)
  • Archaeological Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Thornborough parish (DBC8656)
  • Archaeological Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Thornborough parish (DBC8655)
  • Archaeological Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Thornborough parish (DBC8564)
  • Archaeological Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Thornborough parish (DBC8563)
  • Archaeological Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Thornborough parish (DBC10081)
  • Archaeological Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Thornborough parish (DBC10083)
  • Archaeological Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system of Thornborough (DBC10080)
  • Article 4 Directive: Land off Bridge Street, Thornborough (Thornborough Ridge and Furrow) (DBC7406)
  • Local Heritage List 3131: Open fields, Thornborough parish (DBC10402)
  • SHINE: Medieval ridge and furrow earthworks at Thornborough Grounds (DBC10003)
  • SHINE: Medieval ridge and furrow earthworks SW of Thornborough Mill (DBC10004)
  • SHINE: Western Green Farm deserted medieval village and associated ridge and furrow earthworks (DBC7673)

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Type and Period (2)

  • OPEN FIELD (Enclosed 1797, 11th Century to 18th Century - 1000 AD to 1799 AD)
  • RIDGE AND FURROW (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD)

Description

Blocks of surviving ridge and furrow of Thornborough parish, enclosed 1797. Total acreage (1995): 536 acres - 22% survival; (1999): 338 acres - 18% survival. Assessment of ridge and furrow made for Monuments Protection Programme (MPP), (further details of documentary and cartographic sources) (B1-2).
Article about the evidence for change from a two field to a three field system in the open field boundaries at Thornborough (B4).

Sources (5)

  • ---SBC19221 Aerial Photograph: Cambridge University Committee for Aeriel Photography. 1999. Thornborough, MPP Open Fields Project. SP737338.
  • <1>SBC19212 Unpublished document: David Hall. 1994-99. Draft MPP Documentation for Midlands Open Fields Project.
  • <2>SBC19211 Bibliographic reference: David Hall. 2001. Turning The Plough.
  • <3>SBC24910 Bibliographic reference: Gloucestershire County Council. 2012. Turning The Plough Update Assessment 2012.
  • <4>SBC26692 Article in serial: Nigel Wilson. 2018. 'Thornborough Open Field Boundaries', in Records of Buckinghamshire Vol 58, Part 1 pp55-67. Volume 58, part 1.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 746 336 (3707m by 3576m)
Civil Parish THORNBOROUGH, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: Aeriel Photography for MPP Open Fields Project (EBC15776)

Record last edited

Jul 14 2025 3:55PM

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