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CUTTESLOWE (PRN 1094) (SP505113) - John .Hazleden and John Steane
An invesitgùtion of the soils around the site of Cutteslowe Deserted
Village was made by John Hazleden of the Soll'Survey of Great Britain. A
series. of borings were made in the fields to the west of St Frideswides
Farm. ' In each case there were similer results,'solifluxional drift. on top
of Oxford clay. The Oxford clay came very.close to the surface and caused
surface cracking. The site of the village itself' was foUnd to'be'disturbed
clay rather than diSturbed gravel.' These Soils must' have produced a
very heavy damp cold ploughsoil.
SOUTH LAWN, SWINBRObK(PRN 11,151) (SP1284142)'- Jellies Bond and &Ain'
Campbell
A-newly-liscovered.area of-embanked enclosures, terraces and .building
platforms at Seven Springs near South Lawn was investigated by James Bond
and John Campbell. The. settlement earthworks are cut by a prominent bank
and ditch,'whose sinUous course appears to correspondowith ,the 'boundary of
a wood called Gunsgrove shown on the. 1815 plan 'of Wychwood. Documentary
research by Beryl Schumer has suggested that this site might represent the
'decayed grange of'Deerhurst Priory' mentioned in the 1609 Survey of
Wychwood, rather than a hamlet site as was'first..thought.
IDBURY (PRN 11,750) (SP23481937)- James Bond and-John Campbell
A mopnd overlying ridge and furrow discovered by James Bond and John
Campbell may represent a windmill site.
WOLVERCOTE -.RIDGE AND FURROW NEAR PEAR TREE ROUNDABOUT (PRN 9955) (SP
49651060) - Elizabeth Leggett and John Steané.
Following an application.to build a supermarket on' this well-preserved
ridge and furrow field which is visiblefrom.the Woodstock: Road just south
of the Pear Tree Roundabout some research was done by MrS.'Leggatt.into the
history of this area. It is the.only.remaining part of the medieval.nultivation
fields of Upper.Wolvercote. These stripS.in.Blindwell Field remained
unenclosed until 1834. It is clearly.shown On the Davies map of
1797 and in 1636 was part of one of the four open fields in Wolvercote.
If a supermarket is built.on the proposed site it would destroy the remaining
traces of Short Clay furlong, already partly obliterated by the. Park.
and Ride Car Park.'-
BUILDINGS
(1) Domestic Buildings
OLD PREBENDAL HOUSE, SHIPTON-UNDER-WYCHWOOD (PRN 11,755) SP27991803) -
- James Bond
A tall,blocked pointed window at the west gable end suggests that this
building incorporated part of a medieval open-roofed hall. The remainder of
the house appears to be of predominantly 17th Century date, with square-hooded
mullioned windows. A three-storeyed gabled cross-wing'is a later edition.
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