Cartington deserted medieval village (Cartington)
NU 038046 Deserted Medieval Village at Cartington; 'enclosures' visible on aerial photographs. NU 03650455. (1)(2)
The presence of some form of 'village' associated with the 15th century castle at Cartington (NU 00 SW 18) is likely and possibly a matter of record, but there is little evidence of it on the ground. 'Enclosures' visible on aerial photographs are largely the result of surface quarrying. (3)
NU 038046. Cartington deserted medieval village. (4)(5)
Cartington was originally a member of the sarjeanty of Ditchburn. 1242 a moiety was held by John le Viscount. 1296: three taxpayers. 1366: four taxpayers. Poll Tax return of 1377 recorded 13 adults. 1415: a tower held by John Cartington.
Sir John Radcliffe owned the vill in 1566/7. Cartington was entirely enclosed in 1617 (Mayson's Survey). Plan of 1620 shows hamlet lying adjacent to castle; the hamlet comprised three houses and some closes and orchards. Steading called New Cartington lay to north (modern farm of Bankhead). Hearth Tax of 1665: five households too poor to pay. Three new steadings established in late 18th/early 19th century. A farm lies to the west of the castle on the site of the houses of 1617. Possible house platform at NU 037045. Earthworks of possible buildings and ridge and furrow lie in the field across the road from the castle. (6)
NU 037 045 (area centred): Earthworks of enclosures, hollow ways and boundaries of probable medieval date are visible surrounding the hamlet of Cartington and its medieval castle (see record 4691). Ridge and furrow cultivation of both sinuous medieval and straight post medieval types is also visible. The best preserved enclosures are centred at NU 036 045, in the field immediately to the west of the current hamlet. Some of these features are cut by a quarry which is recorded on historic Ordnance Survey mapping dating to 1897. To the east and south of Cartington Castle (4691) an embanked boundary is cut by later post medieval ridge and furrow. (7a-d)
The presence of some form of 'village' associated with the 15th century castle at Cartington (NU 00 SW 18) is likely and possibly a matter of record, but there is little evidence of it on the ground. 'Enclosures' visible on aerial photographs are largely the result of surface quarrying. (3)
NU 038046. Cartington deserted medieval village. (4)(5)
Cartington was originally a member of the sarjeanty of Ditchburn. 1242 a moiety was held by John le Viscount. 1296: three taxpayers. 1366: four taxpayers. Poll Tax return of 1377 recorded 13 adults. 1415: a tower held by John Cartington.
Sir John Radcliffe owned the vill in 1566/7. Cartington was entirely enclosed in 1617 (Mayson's Survey). Plan of 1620 shows hamlet lying adjacent to castle; the hamlet comprised three houses and some closes and orchards. Steading called New Cartington lay to north (modern farm of Bankhead). Hearth Tax of 1665: five households too poor to pay. Three new steadings established in late 18th/early 19th century. A farm lies to the west of the castle on the site of the houses of 1617. Possible house platform at NU 037045. Earthworks of possible buildings and ridge and furrow lie in the field across the road from the castle. (6)
NU 037 045 (area centred): Earthworks of enclosures, hollow ways and boundaries of probable medieval date are visible surrounding the hamlet of Cartington and its medieval castle (see record 4691). Ridge and furrow cultivation of both sinuous medieval and straight post medieval types is also visible. The best preserved enclosures are centred at NU 036 045, in the field immediately to the west of the current hamlet. Some of these features are cut by a quarry which is recorded on historic Ordnance Survey mapping dating to 1897. To the east and south of Cartington Castle (4691) an embanked boundary is cut by later post medieval ridge and furrow. (7a-d)
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY, EH Aerial Reconnaissance (North): 2007-8
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