Asterleigh, sometimes in the past called Esterley,[1] is a farm and deserted medieval village about 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Charlbury in Oxfordshire. The site of the former village is about 0.25 miles (400 m) west of the present farm.[2]
Asterleigh's toponym indicates that it was created by woodland clearance[3] on what would then have been the edge of Wychwood Forest.
The Domesday Book of 1086 does not record Asterleigh as a separate settlement. Medieval pottery found in 1948 suggests that Asterleigh was inhabited by the 12th century.[2] Also in 1948, squared stones were found along with limestone roofing slates that had medieval-style drilled nail-holes.[2]
The earliest known documentary record of Asterleigh is from early in the 13th century.[2] At the time of the Hundred Rolls in 1279 it had 20 farms.[3] However, the village declined and its landowning family decided to leave the village and move to Nether Kiddington.[3]
the tenths, oblations, rents and emoluments of the rectory of Asterleigh were so diminished as to be insufficient to support a rector, or even a competent parochial chaplain, on account of the paucity of parishioners, the barrenness of land, defects of husbandry, and an unusual prevalence of pestilences and epidemic sicknesses.[3]
In 1783 the Reverend Thomas Warton reported that "pieces of moulded stone and other antique masonry" had been found at Asterleigh.[4] In 1960 the footings of the church porch were unearthed and reburied.[5]
Farm and civil parish
By the 18th century Asterleigh was no more than a farmhouse.[6] Asterleigh Farm was an extra-parochial area of 300 acres (120 ha) until 1858[7] when it was made a civil parish.[8] In 1895 it was combined with the civil parish of Kiddington.[8]
Warton, Thomas (1783). The History and Antiquities of Kiddington (2nd ed.). pp. 17–21.
Warton, Thomas (1815). The History and Antiquities of Kiddington (3rd ed.). London: J. Nichols, Son & Bentley. p. 23.
February 04, 2023
asterleigh, sometimes, past, called, esterley, farm, deserted, medieval, village, about, miles, northeast, charlbury, oxfordshire, site, former, village, about, miles, west, present, farm, location, within, oxfordshireos, grid, referencesp4022civil, parishkidd. Asterleigh sometimes in the past called Esterley 1 is a farm and deserted medieval village about 3 miles 4 8 km northeast of Charlbury in Oxfordshire The site of the former village is about 0 25 miles 400 m west of the present farm 2 AsterleighAsterleighLocation within OxfordshireOS grid referenceSP4022Civil parishKiddington with AsterleighDistrictWest OxfordshireShire countyOxfordshireRegionSouth EastCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townWoodstockPostcode districtOX20Dialling code01608PoliceThames ValleyFireOxfordshireAmbulanceSouth CentralUK ParliamentWitneyList of places UK England Oxfordshire 51 53 49 N 1 25 01 W 51 897 N 1 417 W 51 897 1 417 Coordinates 51 53 49 N 1 25 01 W 51 897 N 1 417 W 51 897 1 417 Contents 1 Manor 2 Church 3 Farm and civil parish 4 References 5 SourcesManor EditAsterleigh s toponym indicates that it was created by woodland clearance 3 on what would then have been the edge of Wychwood Forest The Domesday Book of 1086 does not record Asterleigh as a separate settlement Medieval pottery found in 1948 suggests that Asterleigh was inhabited by the 12th century 2 Also in 1948 squared stones were found along with limestone roofing slates that had medieval style drilled nail holes 2 The earliest known documentary record of Asterleigh is from early in the 13th century 2 At the time of the Hundred Rolls in 1279 it had 20 farms 3 However the village declined and its landowning family decided to leave the village and move to Nether Kiddington 3 Church EditAsterleigh was an ecclesiastical parish that had its own parish church by 1216 1 However in 1466 John Chedworth Bishop of Lincoln absorbed Asterleigh into the ecclesiastical parish of Kiddington declaring the tenths oblations rents and emoluments of the rectory of Asterleigh were so diminished as to be insufficient to support a rector or even a competent parochial chaplain on account of the paucity of parishioners the barrenness of land defects of husbandry and an unusual prevalence of pestilences and epidemic sicknesses 3 In 1783 the Reverend Thomas Warton reported that pieces of moulded stone and other antique masonry had been found at Asterleigh 4 In 1960 the footings of the church porch were unearthed and reburied 5 Farm and civil parish EditBy the 18th century Asterleigh was no more than a farmhouse 6 Asterleigh Farm was an extra parochial area of 300 acres 120 ha until 1858 7 when it was made a civil parish 8 In 1895 it was combined with the civil parish of Kiddington 8 The site of the medieval village and church is now a Scheduled Ancient Monument 9 References Edit a b Page 1907 a b c d Jope 1948 pages 67 69 a b c d Emery 1974 page 102 Warton 1783 cited in Jope 1948 pages 67 69 Case amp Sturdy 1960 page 131 Warton 1815 page 23 Vision of Britain website Asterleigh a b Vision of Britain website Kiddington West Oxfordshire District Council Scheduled Ancient Monuments Archived September 2 2011 at the Wayback MachineSources EditCase Humphrey Sturdy David 1960 Recent Mediaeval Finds in the Oxford Region Oxoniensia Oxford Architectural and Historical Society XXV 131 Emery Frank 1974 The Oxfordshire Landscape The Making of the English Landscape London Hodder amp Stoughton pp 101 102 ISBN 0 340 04301 6 Jope E M 1948 Recent Mediaeval Finds in the Oxford Region Oxoniensia Oxford Architectural and Historical Society XIII 67 69 Page W H ed 1907 A History of the County of Oxford Volume 2 Victoria County History Archibald Constable amp Co pp 1 63 Warton Thomas 1783 The History and Antiquities of Kiddington 2nd ed pp 17 21 Warton Thomas 1815 The History and Antiquities of Kiddington 3rd ed London J Nichols Son amp Bentley p 23 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Asterleigh amp oldid 992714798, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
