Landscape record 0634000000 - Open Fields, Shipton Lee township

Summary

Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Shipton Lee township

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Medieval deserted settlement of Shipton Lee. (DBC8933)
  • Planning Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Shipton Lee township (DBC8511)
  • Planning Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Shipton Lee township (DBC8509)
  • Planning Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Shipton Lee township (DBC8714)
  • Planning Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Shipton Lee township (DBC8510)
  • Planning Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Shipton Lee township (DBC8512)
  • Planning Notification Area: Ridge and furrow of medieval to post-medieval open field system in Shipton Lee township (DBC10092)

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Type and Period (1)

  • OPEN FIELD (Enclosed 1840, 11th Century to 19th Century - 1000 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Block(s) of surviving ridge and furrow of the township of Shipton Lee, enclosed 1840 (Quainton). Total acreage (figures include stats. for Shipton Lee and Denham townships combined) (1995): 26% survival - 700 acres; (1999): 23% survival - 600 acres. Assessment made for the Monuments Protection Programme (MPP), (further details of documentary and cartographic sources) (B1-2).

Sources (4)

  • ---SBC19220 Aerial Photograph: Cambridge University Committee for Aeriel Photography. 1999. Shipton lee, MPP Open Fields Project. SP745210.
  • <1>SBC19212 Unpublished document: David Hall. 1994-99. Draft MPP Documentation for Midlands Open Fields Project.
  • <2>SBC19211 Bibliographic reference: David Hall. 2001. Turning The Plough.
  • <3>SBC24910 Bibliographic reference: Gloucestershire County Council. 2012. Turning The Plough Update Assessment 2012.

Location

Grid reference SP 7300 2150 (point)
Civil Parish QUAINTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: Aeriel Photography for MPP Open Fields Project (EBC15776)

Record last edited

Dec 20 2018 11:43AM

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