Edlingham shrunken medieval village (Edlingham)
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Description
South of Edlingham Church (NU 11450912) below well-preserved late medieval ridge and furrow, lies the site of the deserted medieval village of Edlingham. The site was damaged in 1977 by ploughing and drainage works which revealed substantial masonry structures at the south west end of the site. Drainage trenches nearer to the castle (NU 10 NW 4) showed no traces of settlement. Scheduled. (1) Edlingham deserted medieval village, NU 107087 to NU 116093. The villa of Edlingham first recorded in AD 737 as one of four vills granted to Lindisfarne by King Ceowulf of Northumbria. Edlingham was a member of the barony of Beanley. Edlingham Newtown documented from the mid-13th century. 1296: seven taxpayers. 1336: nine taxpayers. IPM of 1368: a capital messuage, two carucates of cultivated land and one waste, eight acres of meadow, a several pasture, seven husbandlands, eight cottages, and a cornmill..... -
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Keys to the Past (Durham & Northumbria County Councils) -
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Further information
Link: https://keystothepast.info/search-records/results-of-search/results-of-search-2/site-details/?PRN=N4233
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Added by: Simon Cotterill
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