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The Later Saxon and Early Norman Manorial Settlement at Guiting Power, Gloucestershire
Alistair Marshall
其他書名
Archaeological Investigation of a Domesday Book Entry
出版Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, 2020-07-31
主題History / Europe / Great Britain / Middle Ages (449-1066)History / Europe / Great Britain / Norman Conquest to Late Medieval (1066-1485)Social Science / ArchaeologyLiterary Criticism / Ancient & Classical
ISBN17896936679781789693669
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=KfMPEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋This report outlines investigation of the early manor at Guiting Power, a village in the Cotswolds with Saxon origins, lying in an area with interesting entries in the Domesday Survey of 1086.

Excavation has shown that, during the later Saxon period, a lightly defended compound contained a principal area of habitation, with an adjacent, more open ‘working area’ partly divided by ditched sub-enclosures, perhaps related to subsidiary settlement, or other economic activity. This complex may have formed the main estate-centre for a more extensive land-holding, scattered over the northern Cotswolds, and leased from the king, its last Saxon tenant being one ‘Alwin’, as sheriff of the county a thegn of some standing.

During the major economic and social changes following the Conquest, under a change to Norman lordship, the manorial perimeter was reinforced, and a small apsidal church was constructed within it, now restored as a standing monument. Subsequently, a new complex of manorial buildings was established on a fresh site within the enclosure, the precursor of the present parish church was constructed nearby, with further development of manor and village into the full medieval period.