Monument record 0674500000 - SW of Church View Farm, Twyford.
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Planning Notification Area: Shrunken medieval village earthworks at Twyford
Map
Type and Period (10)
- HOUSE PLATFORM (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1798 AD?)
- HOLLOW WAY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SHRUNKEN VILLAGE (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD?)
- PLATFORM (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD?)
- BANK (EARTHWORK) (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD?)
- RIDGE AND FURROW (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD?)
- BOUNDARY DITCH (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD?)
- TERRACED GROUND (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD?)
- DRAINAGE DITCH (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD?)
Description
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS SHOW POST-ENCLOSURE FIELD BOUNDARIES AND 1 POSSIBLE HOUSE PLATFORM (B1).
Site visit on 2nd April 2011 confirms presence of earthworks. 2 well-defined parallel E-W hollow-ways and another running approximately N-S between them appear to define the side and rear boundaries of a number of properties fronting onto Church Street. There appear to be further house platforms in the western half of the field (B2).
HS2 LiDAR data identified earthworks extending north to the west side of Church View Farm (B3).
Medieval village shrinkage is visible on historic aerial photographs and remote sensing data as fragmentary and scattered earthworks and was mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304). Located in fields west of Church Street in Twyford village, between the chapel on Bicester Road and Church View Farm and centred at SP 66374 26684, an extensive area of linear parallel boundary ditches, trackways, rectilinear platforms, terraced ground and blocks of ridge and furrow cultivation extends 640 metres N-S along the west side of the village (4-8).
Sources (10)
- ---SBC21609 Aerial Photograph: BCM (Michael Farley). 1997. 1997 BCM (Michael Farley) Oblique AP. SP66552675. Yes.
- ---SBC21613 Aerial Photograph: Michael Farley. 1999. 1999 Michael Farley Oblique AP. SP66352635. Yes.
- <1>SBC20893 Verbal communication: Mike Farley (BCM). 1997. Mike Farley to Julia Wise February 1997.
- <2>SBC24013 Verbal communication: Julia Wise (BCC). 2011. Pers comm following visit by Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society's Historic Buildings Group on 2nd April 2011.
- <3>SBC24677 Unpublished document: High Speed 2 (HS2) Limited. 2013. London - West Midlands Environmental Statement, Volume 5, Technical Appendices, CFA13, Calvert, Steeple Claydon, Twyford and Chetwode, Survey reports (CH-004-013), Cultural heritage.
- <4>SBC26309 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2023. RAF-CPE-UK-1897 RP 3163 12-Dec-1946.
- <5>SBC26307 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2023. RAF-CPE-UK-1897 RS 4163 12-Dec-1946.
- <6>SBC26301 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2023. RAF-CPE-UK-1897 RS 4164 12-Dec-1946.
- <7>SBC25062 Digital archive: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LiDAR data. LIDAR SP62NE Environment Agency National LIDAR Programme DTM 1 Metre dated 2019 SP6626.
- <8>SBC25596 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2022. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery. 29-OCT-2018 SP SP6626.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SP 66372 26687 (146m by 238m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | TWYFORD, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (2)
- Event - Survey: Aerial investigation and mapping project (Ref: 7768) (EBC18304)
- Event - Survey: HS2 remote sensing survey - CH-004 - 013 (EBC17782)
Record last edited
Nov 20 2023 7:39PM
