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There is very little evidence of Norse influence (eg. Padpistendale
and.possibly winekeswong) and a marked Saxon element with seven personal
names, and early forms such as burne for brook (rather thanMiddle English.
broc) and low for hill (from hlaw) and den for valley. Thé furlong names
.therefore support the place-name evidence that Naseby isnot really a
'Scandinavian settlement.
As usual the names are predominantly topographical wiih willow valley,
sheep nook, adder hill; Mole land and.foul spring'etc. .The names wode
and wode way show/ there, had once been some woodland. .
.A terrier of the'laté13th.Century divides_ thefuriongsinto East,
'West and South fields. These seem to correspond.closely-with the fields
marked on the 1630 map.and'the 1822 inclosure map.',Itis 61ear therefore
that thè'landscape had been completely opened up by'the 13th Century, and
'divided into three fields which remained essentiallyiunchanged for five
and a.half centuries. The forms of the namessuggest thatsome of them
were aiready'old, especially the pleonastic, longelangelftd,and Shepaxhox;
it would seem then that the furlongs date from the Saxon period.
There are no details about the early land holding, but many of .the .
grantors of the charters held large units rather than individual strips.
On several occasions.whole furlongs were being.given (to:the neighbouring
SulbY Abbey (13)). It may.bé possible that these were parcels Of demesne,
because'in contrast a'grant of a virgate by William son Of Symon (c1290)
refers to 48 lands, mostly half an acre each, on 48 different furlongs,
i.e. the kind of distribution met in later terriers (14).
A charter of the early 13th Century grants 'the,mill below, the village
of Naseby and one headland which lies by the' mill towards the way to
Ashby and two furlongs of land on either side of, the mill ... one at
banelond and ... at minekeswang'. This may refer to a waterMillfon the
Avon, or just possibly to the windmill mentioned above. A field name near
the windmill is bollands which woùld be a normal modern form of banelond
(beanland). The windmill is actually'near to the Thornby road, although
It is not much farther to Cold Asby via Thornby than by the direct route..
If,the windmill is'intended then it is a very early example with a doc7
uméntary reference.
In addition to,the windmills already mentioned the 1630 map marks one
_along the Clipston road at SP 6935 7843 where there is now an obelisk (in
the wrong position) to commemorate the battle.
The 1630 map classifies some.of the holdings as being Hall land (i.e.
land belonging to the Hall manor) and bord land (belonging to the bordars
.or villeins). Presumably this is distinguiShing mhat was demesne and
what was held by tenants (whose ancestors would have been villeins).
The only other,open-field information is from a very late series of
court rolls (1803-25) which refer to some typical manorial orders (15).
The orders 'regulate the number of animals allowed for each yardland, when
gleaning could begin and when the common herd could be let out etc.
Mastin gives some detail of the crops grown and the animals reared in
the late 18th Century. Oats were sown after rye and beans aftér wheat
and barley (p16). He refers to the extremities of the fields being set
down to grass in 1733.
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