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Dr
Richard
Jones
University of Leicester
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A : Archaeology
AH : Archaeology and History
H : History
AK : Akeley
DA : Dagnall (Wicken)
DAD : Dadford
DE : Deanshanger
EG : Elm Green (Wicken)
HE : Heybarn (Lillingstone Lovell)
LA : Lamport
LE : Leckhampstead
LD : Lillingstone Dayrell
LL : Lillingstone Lovell
LNE : Lady Nether End (Whittlebury)
LU : Luffield Abbey
PA : Passenham
PO : Potterspury
SI : Silverstone
ST : Stowe
WH : Whittlebury
WH+ : Whittlebury Church
WI : Wicken
WI GFW : Wicken, Glebe Cottage
EW : Earthwork Survey
EX : Excavation
FW : Fieldwalking
GE : Geophysical Survey
GPS : Global Plotting System Survey
PA : Palaeoenvironmental Survey
TP : Test Pitting
TT : Trail Trenches
AR : Silver
CU : Copper Alloy
FE : Iron
PB : Lead
OS : Bone
Code | Period | Date |
---|---|---|
1002 | Iron Age | 600BC-AD43 |
1001 | Romano-British | AD43-400 |
2 | Early Middle Saxon Handmade Ware | 400-850 |
95 | Ipswich Ware | c. 725-850 |
100 | St Neots type 1 | 850-1000 |
205 | Stamford Ware | 900-1200 |
207 | Cotswold-type Oolitic Ware | 975-1150 |
200 | St Neots type 2 | 1000-1200 |
300 | (345) Early Medieval Oxford Ware | 1075-1350 |
301 | Sandy Shelly Ware | 1100-1400 |
301 | Silverstone Ware (only in Silverstone) | 1150-1250 |
302 | Brackley/Banbury Ware | 1100-1400 |
330 | Shelly Ware | 1100-1400 |
360 | Miscellaneous Sandy Ware | 1100-1400 |
364 | (202) East Wiltshire Ware | Early 12th-early 15th |
347 | London Ware | Mid 12th-1400 |
324 | Brill/Boarstall Ware | 1200-1600 |
319 | Lyvenden/Stanion A Ware | c. 1225-?1400 |
320 | Lyvenden/Stanion B Ware | c. 1225-?1400 |
329 | Potterspury Ware | 1250-1600 |
365 | Late Medieval Reduced Ware | 1400-?1500 |
371 | Unprovenanced medieval glazed Ware | ? |
401 | Late Medieval Oxidized Ware | ?1450-?1500 |
403 | Midland Purple Ware | 1450-1600 |
404 | Cistercian Ware | 1470-1550 |
451 | Border Ware | Late 15th-early 16th |
405 | (408) German (Rhenish) Stoneware | 1450+ |
406 | Midland Yellow Wares | 1550-1700 |
407 | (409) Red Earthenwares | 1500+ |
411 | Midland Blackware | c. 1550-1700 |
410 | Tin-glazed earthenware | 17th |
412 | (421) Slip-trailed earthenware | 17th |
413 | (414, 418) Staffordshire Manganese-glazed Ware | 1680-1760 |
420 | Westerwald/Cologne stoneware | 17th + |
425 | Staffordshire Trailed Slipware | Late 17th-19th |
426 | Iron-glazed earthenware | Late 17th-19th |
417 | Nottingham/Derby Stoneware | 1750+ |
429 | Staffordshire Salt-glazed stoneware | 18th |
443 | White salt-glazed stoneware | 1720-1780 |
1000 | Miscellaneous 18th-19th century wares including late English Stoneware, Iron-glazed earthenwares, Staffordshire Manganese Waresand all 20th century pottery |
Field Code | Grid Reference | Field Code | Grid Reference |
---|---|---|---|
AK1 | SP 712 380 | LL2 | SP 705 403 |
AK2 | SP 707 369 | LL3 | SP 716 399 |
AK3 | SP 717 375 | LL6 | SP 722 406 |
AK4 | SP 717 382 | LL7 | SP 708 409 |
AK5 | SP 720 380 | ST1 | SP 678 387 |
AK6 | SP 719 378 | ST2 | SP 684 370 |
AK7 | SP 704 384 | ST3 | SP 683 372 |
AK8 | SP 702 387 | ST4 | SP 665 357 |
AK9 | SP 698 385 | ST5 | SP 668 357 |
AK10 | SP 694 383 | ST6 | SP 666 354 |
AK11 | SP 699 388 | WH1 | SP 683 445 |
AK12 | SP 695 378 | WH2 | SP 701 442 |
AK13 | SP 700 381 | WH3 | SP 703 445 |
AK14 | SP 703 383 | WH4 | SP 701 447 |
DE1 | SP 739 413 | WH5 | SP 698 446 |
DE2 | SP 742 413 | WH6 | SP 697 449 |
DE3 | SP 762 390 | WH7 | SP 704 438 |
FO1 | SP 713 374 | WH8 | SP 703 449 |
LD1 | SP 703 397 | WH9 | SP 696 452 |
LD2 | SP 700 390 | WH10 | SP 700 451 |
LD3 | SP 698 402 | WH11 | SP 702 450 |
LD4 | SP 702 404 | WI1 | SP 742 403 |
LD5 | SP 696 398 | WI2 | SP 743 396 |
LD6 | SP 691 399 | WI3 | SP 752 370 |
LD7 | SP 694 400 | WI4 | SP 749 371 |
LD8 | SP 696 401 | WI5 | SP 745 392 |
LD9 | SP 695 406 | WI6 | SP 742 387 |
LD10 | SP 692 408 | WI7 | SP 735 410 |
LD11 | SP 698 408 | WI8 | SP 738 408 |
LD12 | SP 697 410 | WI9 | SP 740 393 |
LE1 | SP 738 380 | WI10 | SP 744 400 |
LE2 | SP 732 384 | WI11 | SP 737 391 |
LE3 | SP 729 375 | WI12 | SP 745 398 |
LE4 | SP 722 374 | WI13 | SP 752 379 |
LE5 | SP 737 377 | WI14 | SP 755 380 |
LE6 | SP 721 373 | WI15 | SP 752 382 |
LE7 | SP 718 369 | WI16 | SP 739 397 |
LE8 | SP 740 375 | WI17 | SP 751 376 |
LE9 | SP 731 373 | WI18 | SP 757 389 |
LE10 | SP 740 370 | WI19 | SP 759 389 |
LE11 | SP 728 385 | WI20 | SP 760 386 |
LE12 | SP 726 387 | WI21 | SP 759 378 |
LE13 | SP 727 392 | WI22 | SP 760 380 |
LE14 | SP 718 389 | WI23 | SP 763 378 |
LE15 | SP 726 375 | WI24 | SP 762 383 |
LE16 | SP 739 362 | WI25 | SP 757 393 |
LE17 | SP 740 365 | WI26 | SP 758 386 |
LE18 | SP 735 366 | WS1 | SP 661 357 |
LL1 | SP 711 403 |
Field Code : Alphanumeric (Parish identifier + Field no.)
Transect : Alphabetic (A, B, C…, followed by AA, BB, CC etc.)
Stint : Numeric sequence 1, 2, 3; -1, -2 = stints below baseline
No : Number of sherds
Wt : Weight of sherds
Fabric : Codified fabric type (see A – Notes – Pottery Classification by Date)
Comments : General observations where appropriate)
TP : Alphanumeric (Village identifier + TP no.)
Spit : Stratigraphic excavation layer
Context : Identified archaeological feature (if relevant)
No : No of sherds (by fabric and spit/context)
Wt : Weight of sherds (by fabric and spit/context)
Fabric : Codified pottery type
Date : Overall date of deposit
Comments : General observations if appropriate
Hardware: various desk-top and laptop computers
Software: the majority of files were generated using ArcView 3.2; some were later reedited in ArcMap 9.
Date of Creation: 2000-2005
Who did the work: Dr Richard Jones
Data sources: Shape files created over the top of various OS base maps, including OS 1:50 000 Scale Colour Raster; OS 1:10 000 Scale Raster; OS Land-line, downloaded via Digimap on from www.edina.ac.uk. Base maps are not archived.
Projection: British National Grid
Scale of data capture: Various, as appropriate to individual file
Scale of data storage: Various, as appropriate to individual file
Assessment of data quality: None, although spatial displacement should be considered to be potentially high.
Method of original data capture: Digitization off-screen. No use made of scanned or rectified images, no inputting of pre-existing georeferenced databases, no use made of digitizing tablets. All attribute tables created within the system.
Purpose of data creation: The Whittlewood Project
Ownership: Professor Christopher Dyer, Dr Richard Jones, Dr Mark Page, University of Leicester
Database Code | Fields | Comments |
---|---|---|
DB1 | Name | Name of parcel as appears on c. 1608 map |
State | Land use, e.g. wood, close, meadow, open field, yard, lawn, park | |
Acreage | Acreage as shown on c. 1608 map | |
DB2 | State | Land use as DB1 as shown on relevant maps |
DB3 | F... | Individual pottery fabric, see pottery classification, e.g. F329 = Potterspury Ware; Number of sherds recovered from single find spot |
D... | Deposition date, e.g D800-950 = deposited AD 800-950 etc. constituted of all pottery fabrics manufactured within this date range; overall number of sherds recovered from single find spot | |
DB4 | Type | Type of high status site, e.g. manor, moated site, church, chapel, priory, grange |
DB5 | File_link | Name of the file in database corresponding to individual location and individual activity |
Folder | File Name | Shape/File Type | Source | Database | Database Fields | Comments |
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Earliest Maps | 1299 forest | Polygon | NA (PRO) C67/6A | None | Showing the full geographic extent of the royal forest of Whittlewood in 1299 | |
ak anc enc ll | Polygon | NRO Map 842 | None | Fields in Akeley marked 'Ancient Enclosure' on 1794 Enclosure Map | ||
ak parish 1794 | Polygon | NRO Map 842 | None | Enclosure Map | ||
ak parl enc ll | Polygon | NRO Map 842 | None | Field enclosed after Parliamentary Act in Akeley in 1794 | ||
de parish 1610 | Polygon | NRO Map 4210 | Yes | DB1 | Whittlewood Forest survey - part later in Deanshanger | |
de parish enclosure 1787 | Polygon | NRO Map 3635 | None | Passenham Enclosure Map 1787 - parts later in Deanshanger parish | ||
fu parish tithe | Polygon | NA (PRO) IR 30/24/56 | None | Furtho Tithe Map | ||
ld parish buildings 1611 | Point | BRO D22/10 | None | Buildings marked on Lillingstone Dayrell 1611 Estate Map | ||
ld parish 1611 | Polygon | BRO D22/10 | None | 1611 Estate Map showing enclosure of whole parish | ||
ld 1611 ll | Polygon | BRO D22/10 | None | 1611 Estate Map showing enclosure of whole parish | ||
ld 1611 buildings ll | Point | BRO D22/10 | None | Buildings marked on Lillingstone Dayrell 1611 Estate Map | ||
Le hist parish | Polygon | None | Leckhampstead 1st edition OS map | |||
Ll hist parish | Polygon | None | Lillingstone Lovell 1st edition OS map | |||
ll parish 1610 | Polygon | NRO Map 4210 | Yes | DB1 | Whittlewood Forest survey - part in Lillingstone Lovell | |
pa 1610 | Polygon | NRO Map 4210 | Yes | DB1 | Whittlewood Forest survey - Passenham village | |
pa buildings 1610 | Point | NRO Map 4210 | None | Whittlewood Forest survey - buildings in Passenham village | ||
pa buildings tithe | Point | NA (PRO) IR 30/24/92 | None | Buildings marked on Passenham Tithe Map | ||
pa parish 1610 | Polygon | NRO Map 4210 | Yes | DB1 | Whittlewood Forest survey - part in Passenham | |
pa parish 1610 buildings | Point | NRO Map 4210 | None | Whittlewood Forest survey - buildings in Passenham parish | ||
pa parish enclosure 1787 | Polygon | NRO Map 3635 | None | Passenham Enclosure Map 1787 - parts outside Deanshanger | ||
pa parish tithe | Polygon | NA (PRO) IR 30/24/92 | None | Passenham Tithe Map | ||
po parish 1727 | Polygon | NRO Map 358 | None | Grafton Estate Map of Potterspury 1727 | ||
po parish 1610 | Polygon | NRO Map 4210 | Yes | DB1 | Whittlewood Forest survey - part in Lillingstone Lovell | |
po parish buildings 1727 | Point | NRO Map 358 | None | Buildings shown on Grafton Estate Map of Potterspury 1727 | ||
si parish 1610 | Polygon | NRO Map 4210 | Yes | DB1 | Whittlewood Forest survey - part in Silverstone | |
si parish 1610 buildings | Point | NRO Map 4210 | None | Whittlewood Forest survey -buildings in Silverstone | ||
st parish tithe | Polygon | NA (PRO) IR 30/3/104 | Yes | DB2 | Stowe Tithe Map | |
st parish tithe buildings | Point | NA (PRO) IR 30/3/104 | None | Buildings shown on Tithe Map of Stowe | ||
wh parish 1610 | Polygon | NRO Map 4210 | Yes | DB1 | Whittlewood Forest survey - part in Whittlebury | |
wi parish 1717 | Polygon | NRO Map 5692 | Yes | DB2 | Hosier Estate Map of Wicken 1717 | |
wi parish 1717 buildings | Point | NRO Map 5692 | None | Buildings shown on Hosier Estate Map of Wicken 1717 | ||
wi parl enc ll | Polygon | NA (PRO) IR 30/24/140 | None | Fields in Wicken enclosed after Parliamentary Act | ||
yg parish 1610 | Polygon | NRO Map 4210 | Yes | DB1 | Whittlewood Forest survey - part in Yardley Gobion | |
Fieldwalking | Individual field codes | All Point | Yes | DB 3 | Surface scatters of ceramics of all periods | |
Geology and Hydrology | geo boulder | Polygon | BGS 1:50,000 sheets | None | Areas of Boulder Clay | |
geo alluvium | Polygon | BGS 1:50,000 sheets | None | Areas of Alluvial deposits | ||
geo limestone | Polygon | BGS 1:50,000 sheets | None | Areas of limestone | ||
geo sand and gravel | Polygon | BGS 1:50,000 sheets | None | Areas of fluvio-glacial sand and gravel deposits within boulder clay | ||
rivers ll | Line | OS 1: 25,000 sheets | None | All water courses, main rivers and tributary streams | ||
Historic Parishes | bo vill | Polygon | The township of Boycott in Stowe parish, outline | |||
fu parish ll | Polygon | 1st ed OS | None | The ecclesiastical parish of Furtho, outline | ||
ld detached parish ll | Polygon | 1st ed OS | None | Detached part of Lillingstone Dayrell parish now in Lillingstone Lovell, outline | ||
ll parish ll | Polygon | 1st ed OS | None | Lillingstone Lovell without northern section, outline | ||
pa parish 11 | Polygon | 1st ed OS | None | Passenham parish, outline | ||
wyd parish ll | Polygon | None | Wick Dive parish, now in Wicken, outline | |||
wyh parish ll | Polygon | None | Wick Hamon parish, now in Wicken, outline | |||
Modern Parishes | ak parish ll | Polygon | OS 1:25,000 sheets | None | Akeley parish outline | |
de parish ll | Polygon | OS 1:25,000 sheets | None | Deanshanger parish outline | ||
ld parish ll | Polygon | OS 1:25,000 sheets | None | Lillingstone Dayrell parish outline | ||
le parish ll | Polygon | OS 1:25,000 sheets | None | Leckhampstead parish outline | ||
ll mod parish ll | Polygon | OS 1:25,000 sheets | None | Lillingstone Lovell parish outline | ||
lu parish | Polygon | OS 1:25,000 sheets | None | Luffield Abbey outline | ||
os parish ll | Polygon | OS 1:25,000 sheets | None | Old Stratford parish outline | ||
po parish ll | Polygon | OS 1:25,000 sheets | None | Potterspury parish outline | ||
si parish ll | Polygon | OS 1:25,000 sheets | None | Silverstone parish outline | ||
st parish ll | Polygon | OS 1:25,000 sheets | None | Stowe parish outline | ||
wh parish ll | Polygon | OS 1:25,000 sheets | None | Whittlebury parish outline | ||
wi parish ll | Polygon | OS 1:25,000 sheets | None | Wicken parish outline | ||
wp outline | Polygon | OS 1:25,000 sheets | None | Outline of Whittlewood Project area following modern parish boundaries | ||
Non-Whittlewood Fieldwork | dh wood | Polygon | None | Woods surveyed by David Hall | ||
eh stowe | Polygon | None | Area of Stowe surveyed by English Heritage | |||
evaluations | Point | None | Location of known Archaeological Evaluations | |||
fe woodland survey | Polygon | None | Woods surveyed for Forest Enterprise | |||
oau wakefield | Polygon | None | Area of Wakefield estate surveyed by Oxford Archaeological Unit | |||
pa rchme | Polygon | None | Area covered by Royal Commission survey of Passenham | |||
rc ew | Polygon | None | Areas covered by Royal Commission earthwork surveys | |||
thp fields | Polygon | None | Fields walked by Towcester Hinterland Project | |||
OS Base Maps | 03sp63ne | TIF | Digimap | OS 1st edition digital tiles Buckinghamshire | ||
03 sp73ne | TIF | Digimap | OS 1st edition digital tiles Buckinghamshire | |||
03sp73nw | TIF | Digimap | OS 1st edition digital tiles Buckinghamshire | |||
03sp74sw | TIF | Digimap | OS 1st edition digital tiles Buckinghamshire | |||
25sp64ne | TIF | Digimap | OS 1st edition digital tiles Northamptonshire | |||
25sp64se | TIF | Digimap | OS 1st edition digital tiles Northamptonshire | |||
25sp73ne | TIF | Digimap | OS 1st edition digital tiles Northamptonshire | |||
25sp73nw | TIF | Digimap | OS 1st edition digital tiles Northamptonshire | |||
25sp74nw | TIF | Digimap | OS 1st edition digital tiles Northamptonshire | |||
25sp74se | TIF | Digimap | OS 1st edition digital tiles Northamptonshire | |||
25sp74sw | TIF | Digimap | OS 1st edition digital tiles Northamptonshire | |||
Place-names | feld | Point | None | Location of place-names including the element -feld | ||
leah | Point | None | Location of place-names including the element -leah | |||
non-personal names | Point | None | Location of place-names without a personal name element | |||
perosnal names | Point | None | Location of place-names with a personal name element | |||
tun | Point | None | Location of place-names including the element -tun | |||
Settlement | high status sites | Point | Yes | DB4 | Location of attested medieval sites of high status | |
late med settlement | Point | None | Location of later medieval settlement elements | |||
med settlement | Point | None | Location of medieval settlement elements | |||
modern settlement | Point | OS 1:25,000 sheets | None | Location of modern settlement elements | ||
photographs | Point | Yes | DB5 | Location of photographs showing Whittlewood landscape and settlements | ||
Test Pits | ak tp | Point | Yes | DB3 | Akeley Test Pits | |
da tp pottery | Point | Yes | DB3 | Dagnall Test Pits in Wicken | ||
he tp pottery | Point | Yes | DB3 | Heybarn Test Pits in Lillingstone Lovell (formerly Lillingstone Dayrell) | ||
le tp pottery | Point | Yes | DB3 | Leckhampstead Test Pits | ||
ll tp pottery | Point | Yes | DB3 | Lillingstone Lovell Test Pits | ||
po tp pottery | Point | Yes | DB3 | Potterspury Test Pits | ||
si tp pottery | Point | Yes | DB3 | Silverstone Test Pits | ||
wh tp | Point | Yes | DB3 | Whittlebury Test Pits | ||
wi tp pottery | Point | Yes | DB3 | Wicken Test Pits | ||
Whittlewood Fieldwork | churches | Point | Yes | DB5 | Surviving and non-surviving medieval churches | |
envrionmental samples | Point | Yes | DB5 | Location of Environmental samples taken during Whittlewood Project | ||
Test Pits | Point | Yes | DB5 | General location of Test Pits | ||
Trial Trenches | Point | Yes | DB5 | Location of Trial trenches | ||
wp aps | Polygon | Yes | Aerial photographs showing ridge and furrow, and other medieval evidence | |||
wp fieldwalking | Polygon | Yes | DB5 | Fields surveyed by fieldwalking during Whittlewood Project | ||
wp woodland survey progress | Polygon | Yes | DB5 | Areas of woodland surveyed during Whittlewood Project |