West Thornton deserted medieval village (Hartburn)
NZ 097866 Deserted medieval village at Thornton West. (Nothing visible on available aerial photographs (RAF 1947)). (1)
Once a considerable village with a chapel, but now reduced to one farm and two cottages. (2)
An area of much disturbed ground with traces of depopulation centred NZ 098867 are the only visible remains. (3)
West Thornton deserted medieval village. (4)
West Thornton Tower. Formerly had a manor house within a barmkin, and a chapel. Stones of which probably used in present buildings. Field to the east formerly had a strong wall around it. (5)
Observation suggests this was a two row type with a small green between. The boundary of East and West Thornton townships runs north-south between the two villages along the line of the field boundary west of Thornton House. (6)
There is little doubt that one of the buildings in West Thornton was a tower, and it was probably where the farmhouse now stands. It had a barmkin, which Hodgson saw in the early 19th century, and it was built about 1338, by, or for, Brother Leonard. (7a)
Once a considerable village with a chapel, but now reduced to one farm and two cottages. (2)
An area of much disturbed ground with traces of depopulation centred NZ 098867 are the only visible remains. (3)
West Thornton deserted medieval village. (4)
West Thornton Tower. Formerly had a manor house within a barmkin, and a chapel. Stones of which probably used in present buildings. Field to the east formerly had a strong wall around it. (5)
Observation suggests this was a two row type with a small green between. The boundary of East and West Thornton townships runs north-south between the two villages along the line of the field boundary west of Thornton House. (6)
There is little doubt that one of the buildings in West Thornton was a tower, and it was probably where the farmhouse now stands. It had a barmkin, which Hodgson saw in the early 19th century, and it was built about 1338, by, or for, Brother Leonard. (7a)
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FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1968; D Smith
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