Abberwick medieval village, tower house and open field system - List Entry
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Description
"The monument includes the deserted remains of the medieval village of Abberwick, the foundations of a tower house and a section of the surviving open field system. The earliest documentary reference to the village at Abberwick is contained in a document of 13th-century date where it was recorded as a member of the barony of Wark on Tweed. In common with other Northumberland villages, the population of the village fell between the end of the 13th century and 1336, when there were only six individuals eligible to pay taxes. The fall in population is usually attributed to devastation of villages by the wars with Scotland, a series of failed harvests and the effects of the Black Death...." -
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Further information
Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1016350
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Added by: Simon Cotterill
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