Walmsley, L. (2008). From hamlets to single farmsteads: assessing the extent of settlement shrinkage in Devon from the late medieval period.. Medieval Settlement Research 23. Vol 23, pp. 75-75. https://doi.org/10.5284/1059053. Cite this via datacite
| Title: | From hamlets to single farmsteads: assessing the extent of settlement shrinkage in Devon from the late medieval period. | ||
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| Issue: | Medieval Settlement Research 23 | ||
| Series: | Medieval Settlement Research | ||
| Volume: | 23 | ||
| Number of Pages: | 89 | ||
| Page Start/End: | 75 | ||
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| Abstract: | Research undertaken for the author's MA at the University of Exeter assessed the extent to which hamlets in Devon, thought to be common in the medieval period, shrank to become single farmsteads from the later Middle Ages to the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The methodology and sources used to examine shrinkage are outlined in this summary article. The study confirmed, in the fourteen parishes looked at, that shrunken hamlets occur extensively throughout Devon and that the majority of medieval isolated single farmsteads examined are the result of contraction from a previous hamlet. However, these must be seen in the context of a dynamic settlement pattern in which the growth of a farmstead into a small hamlet and then back to a single farmstead was a widespread phenomenon through the Middle Ages. Moreover, the survival of archaeological remains affects the available picture of settlement shrinkage. LD | ||
| Year of Publication: | 2008 | ||
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| Created Date: | 06 Dec 2015 |
