Hawick shrunken settlement (Bavington)
[NY 96318234] Hawick Village (Site of). (1)
A township or village. (2)
A survey of 1541 refers to a 'Bastell House' at Hawick. (3)
A small area of fragmentary banks and ground disturbance centred NY 963825, in a field known as 'Chapel Hill', indicates some depopulation, but the remains are neither coherent nor extensive. There are no visible traces of the bastle, but a rectangular platform (surveyed at 1/2500) at NY 96278255 may represent its site. (4)
The vill of Hawick was a member of the lordship of Bolbec. In the 13th century it was held by the lords of Bolam.
A certificate of 1584 recorded that four 'decays' had taken place since 1535, suggesting either depopulation or the impoverishment of tenants. It had no separate entry in the Hearth Tax of 1666. In a Survey of 1734 six families were recorded. Armstrong's map of 1769 showed four buildings. Only one farmhouse remains.
Most of the earthworks seen by Hodgson seem to have been obliterated. The eastern boundary of the village is clearly defined by ridge and furrow and a perimeter bank. A few earthworks are visible to the west of the bank, including a rectangular enclosure and a possible sunken way. Most of Chapel Hill is under ridge and furrow, except for the summit itself which probably marks the site of the chapel. (5)
Hawick Bastle, in list of 1541, no trace remains. Site occupied by farm. (6)
Hodgson records chapel remains having been found in the 18th century east of the village. Finds included a holy water basin and some bones. Wrathmell notes a 13th century charter recording St Katherine's chapel at Hawick. (7)
The bastle referred to in the 1541 survey would have been a fortified house in current terminolgy, and probably dated from the 15th century. Nothing remains of it and its site is unknown. (8a)
A township or village. (2)
A survey of 1541 refers to a 'Bastell House' at Hawick. (3)
A small area of fragmentary banks and ground disturbance centred NY 963825, in a field known as 'Chapel Hill', indicates some depopulation, but the remains are neither coherent nor extensive. There are no visible traces of the bastle, but a rectangular platform (surveyed at 1/2500) at NY 96278255 may represent its site. (4)
The vill of Hawick was a member of the lordship of Bolbec. In the 13th century it was held by the lords of Bolam.
A certificate of 1584 recorded that four 'decays' had taken place since 1535, suggesting either depopulation or the impoverishment of tenants. It had no separate entry in the Hearth Tax of 1666. In a Survey of 1734 six families were recorded. Armstrong's map of 1769 showed four buildings. Only one farmhouse remains.
Most of the earthworks seen by Hodgson seem to have been obliterated. The eastern boundary of the village is clearly defined by ridge and furrow and a perimeter bank. A few earthworks are visible to the west of the bank, including a rectangular enclosure and a possible sunken way. Most of Chapel Hill is under ridge and furrow, except for the summit itself which probably marks the site of the chapel. (5)
Hawick Bastle, in list of 1541, no trace remains. Site occupied by farm. (6)
Hodgson records chapel remains having been found in the 18th century east of the village. Finds included a holy water basin and some bones. Wrathmell notes a 13th century charter recording St Katherine's chapel at Hawick. (7)
The bastle referred to in the 1541 survey would have been a fortified house in current terminolgy, and probably dated from the 15th century. Nothing remains of it and its site is unknown. (8a)
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FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1968; B H Pritchard
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