Monument record 0204703000 - MANOR FARM, OAKLEY

Summary

House platforms and hollow-ways of shrunken medieval village recorded in field survey

Protected Status/Designation

  • Archaeological Notification Area: Medieval manorial and shrunken village earthworks at Oakley (DBC9436)

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Type and Period (1)

  • SHRUNKEN VILLAGE? (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)

Description

AREA OF VILLAGE SHRINKAGE, CENTRE AT NGR. CONSISTS OF SMALL COMPLEXES OF HOUSE PLATFORMS & HOLLOW WAYS (B3-4).
SURVEYED AT 1:2500 (B4).
BY 1987, EARTHWORKS IN FIELD OPPOSITE CHURCH ALMOST PLOUGHED OUT; THOSE ON W SIDE OF ROAD IN GOOD ORDER, AS THEY WERE UNDER GRASS (B5).

SP 641 121. Village shrinkage with house platforms and holloways. Also two large fishponds at SP 64151223 (B9, B10, B11, B12).

Sources (8)

  • <3>SBC4517 Bibliographic reference: EJ BULL, ER KENDRICK, KJ WOOLLEY 1974(MAY) FIELD V ISIT.
  • <4>SBC11296 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD, FILED.
  • <5>SBC6411 Unpublished document: HILTON R 1987 OAKLEY PARISH SURVEY.
  • <9>SBC28598 Index: Buckinghamshire County Museum. Buckinghamshire County Museum Card Index No 2047.
  • <10>SBC28599 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1949. RAF 541/273 3059-60 20.6.49.
  • <11>SBC28600 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1961. F42 58/RAF/4655 0002-3 30.8.61.
  • <12>SBC28523 Verbal communication: Nicholas J Attrill. 1977. Field Investigators Comments - F1 NJA 10-FEB-77.
  • <13>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 6410 1218 (400m by 320m)
Civil Parish OAKLEY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC13774)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC142)

Record last edited

Dec 9 2025 10:51AM

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