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East Woodburn shrunken medieval village (Corsenside)

Found during field investigation. A small area of crofts and building steadings, centred at NY 90608677, typical of minor depopulation. (1)

Surveyed at 1:2500. (2)

Indications of a rectangular building. (3)

Adjacent to the modern road is an area 100m east-west by 25m north-south with the remains of buildings, surviving as banks up to 0.8m high. The village of East Woodburn was a patrimony of the de Lisle family of Hallyards and is recorded in a survey of 1336. (4)
N9373
Post Medieval (1540 to 1901)
Medieval (1066 to 1540)
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1956; E Geary
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1967; D Smith


Source of Reference
Local History of Corsenside

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