Landscape record 0634600000 - Open fields, Grendon Underwood

Summary

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

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Grendon Underwood parish
  • Planning Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Grendon Underwood parish
  • Planning Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Grendon Underwood parish
  • Planning Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Grendon Underwood parish
  • Planning Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Grendon Underwood parish
  • Planning Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Grendon Underwood parish
  • Planning Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Grendon Underwood parish
  • Planning Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Grendon Underwood parish
  • Planning Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Grendon Underwood parish
  • Planning Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Grendon Underwood parish
  • Planning Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Grendon Underwood parish
  • Planning Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Grendon Underwood parish
  • Planning Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Grendon Underwood parish
  • SHINE: Grendon Underwood medieval moated site and ridge and furrow earthworks
  • SHINE: Grendon Underwood parish medieval ridge and furrow earthworks
  • SHINE: Medieval ridge and furrow earthworks north of the A41, part of the open fields of Grendon Underwood and Ludgershall

Map

Type and Period (2)

  • OPEN FIELD (Enclosed 1769, 11th Century to 18th Century - 1000 AD to 1799 AD)
  • RIDGE AND FURROW (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD)

Description

Block(s) of surviving ridge and furrow of Grendon Underwood parish, enclosed 1769. Total acreage (1995): 26% survival - 665 acres. Assessment made for Monuments Protection Programme (MPP) (B1)
Group association value with Edgcott and Marsh Gibbon.
Manorial document of 1678 sets out orders concerning the common fields in Grendon Underwood (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC19212 Unpublished document: David Hall. 1994-99. Draft MPP Documentation for Midlands Open Fields Project.
  • <2>SBC23063 Article in serial: G Eland?. 1937. Gendon Underwood Manor in 1678.

Location

Grid reference SP 685 208 (point)
Civil Parish GRENDON UNDERWOOD, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (0)

Record last edited

Aug 31 2023 10:44AM

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