Whimpton Village
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Whimpton Village was a mediæval village in Nottinghamshire, now vanished. It is near the A57 road between the villages of Darlton and Dunham-on-Trent. It is a Scheduled Monument.[1]
Location
- Location map: 53°15’21"N, -0°49’0"W
History
Whimpton is mentioned, as Wimentun, in the Domesday Book; it is described there as one of the four berewicks of the King's Manor of Duneham (Dunham). A berewick was a detached, partly independent portion of a manor. The village (spelled also Wimpton or Wymton) is mentioned in pipe rolls in the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries, mentioning land and inhabitants of the village. The village evidently did not exist by 1547, since in that year there was an inquisition post mortem on the properties of Robert Nevyll, in which Whimpton is only a field name.[1][2]
Earthworks
The surviving remains of the village are earthworks mostly in a field, on rising ground, south of the A52 road; some are north of the road, near Whimpton House. There is a roadway, widest at the centre and narrower at either end, running from west to east across the field south of the modern road, following the ridge of the hill. To the south of this roadway is evidence of past cultivation.[1][2]
Two roads lead north from the roadway, taking winding courses towards the A57 road. The one in the east continues beyond the modern road and ends at a rectangular enclosure, 125 feet east to west by 75 feet north to south, surrounded by a ditch of width 25 feet; this is thought to be a moated homestead.[1][2]
On the site south of the modern road there are rectangular enclosures, marked by low banks and ditches, each with a raised rectangular platform; these are the remains of walls and foundations of mediæval houses. There is a large enclosure between the two road running north from the west–east roadway, marked by low banks on the north, west and east sides; it is about 200 feet west to east and 150 feet north to south, and faces onto the widest part of the roadway. It is thought this may be the village green in the centre of the village; there are no structural remains here, but there are two hollows, which may be ponds.[1]
To the west, south and east of the village can be seen the ridge and furrow pattern, surviving to a height of a foot and a half, of the mediæval open-field system.[1]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 National Heritage List 1017567: Whimpton Moor mediæval village and moated site
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Dr. T. Davies Pryce and Mr. F. W. Dobson. "An Ancient Village Site. Whimpton, Nottinghamshire" Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire, 11 (1907). Nottinghamshire History. Retrieved 5 February 2020.