Sweethope shrunken medieval village (Bavington)
NY 957819 Deserted medieval village at Sweethope. (Nothing visible on available aerial photographs (RAF 1946). (1)
A survey of 1541 refers to a Castle in good repair at Sweethope. (2)
There are vague traces of depopulation in the fields around Sweethope; a small series of cultivation terraces centred at NY 957820; and a wide spread rig and furrow; but the remains are neither coherent nor extensive. (3)
Sweethope was a small manor in the 13th century, held as one quarter of a knight's fee. In the 1296 Lay Subsidy it provided four taxpayers. The 1666 Hearth Tax listed six houses there. Armstrong's map of 1769 showed only three buildings. One steading and two cottages remain. Some traces of croft boundary banks have been recorded near the north west of the present farmstead. (4)
Sweethope shrunken medieval village. (5)
About ten pieces of masonry were found c.1970 on Sweethope Farm at NY 95618188. They included a chamfered window mullion and a lintel. It is suggested they may originate from a manor house or chapel associated with the deserted medieval village. (6)
A bastell house was recorded at Sweethope in the 1541 Border survey, ie a strong house in modern terminology, but its site is unknown. (7a)
A survey of 1541 refers to a Castle in good repair at Sweethope. (2)
There are vague traces of depopulation in the fields around Sweethope; a small series of cultivation terraces centred at NY 957820; and a wide spread rig and furrow; but the remains are neither coherent nor extensive. (3)
Sweethope was a small manor in the 13th century, held as one quarter of a knight's fee. In the 1296 Lay Subsidy it provided four taxpayers. The 1666 Hearth Tax listed six houses there. Armstrong's map of 1769 showed only three buildings. One steading and two cottages remain. Some traces of croft boundary banks have been recorded near the north west of the present farmstead. (4)
Sweethope shrunken medieval village. (5)
About ten pieces of masonry were found c.1970 on Sweethope Farm at NY 95618188. They included a chamfered window mullion and a lintel. It is suggested they may originate from a manor house or chapel associated with the deserted medieval village. (6)
A bastell house was recorded at Sweethope in the 1541 Border survey, ie a strong house in modern terminology, but its site is unknown. (7a)
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FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1968; B H Pritchard
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