Gatherwick (Bowsden)
NT 951418. Deserted Medieval Village at Gatherwick. (1)
Nothing visible on Ordnance Survey air photographs. (2)
Gaterick originally a dependent of the manor of Bowsden. First mentioned in 1281. In the 16th and early 17th centuries it belonged to the Muschamps of Barmoor. Sold to Francis Blake of Ford in 1677, it comprised two messuages and a coalmine.
Greenwood's map of 1828 shows a hamlet with coalpits to the west (same position as modern farm). Farmhouse incorporates a building 6.5m by 19.7m with walls 1.1m thick (lower courses only) and 0.9m thick above. (3)
Nothing visible on Ordnance Survey air photographs. (2)
Gaterick originally a dependent of the manor of Bowsden. First mentioned in 1281. In the 16th and early 17th centuries it belonged to the Muschamps of Barmoor. Sold to Francis Blake of Ford in 1677, it comprised two messuages and a coalmine.
Greenwood's map of 1828 shows a hamlet with coalpits to the west (same position as modern farm). Farmhouse incorporates a building 6.5m by 19.7m with walls 1.1m thick (lower courses only) and 0.9m thick above. (3)
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