Little Barford Deserted Medieval Village

LIttle Barford Church and the site of the deserted Medieval village February 2010

Bedfordshire's Historic Environment Record [HER] contains details of every historic building and landscape feature in the county. It is now available on-line as part of the Heritage Gateway Website.

Little Barford in 1765 [R1/110]

The entry for Little Barford Deserted Medieval Village [HER 1806] reads: "An area of complex earthworks around the church of St Denys. The area is shown as a small settlement on Jefferys' county map of 1765 [see above] and the enclosure agreement of 1764 [AA53] mentions recent demolition of buildings. Two cottages shown on the 1840 Tithe Map [MAT2/1 - see below] had been demolished by the time of the 1876 Estate Map [WG924]. The earthworks surviving indicate the presence of rectilinear closes and platforms, a hollow way, quarrying and fishponds".

Little Barford deserted medieval village in 1840 [MAT2/1]