Monument record MDO43492 - Medieval village, Bryanston

In the early eighteenth century a country house was built on the site of the deserted medieval village of Bryanston. The settlement had twenty three tax payers recorded in 1333, suggesting quite a large settlement, but the number of households had dwindled to six by 1662.

(ST 875070) Deserted Medieval Village of Bryanston. <1> <3>

The original village of Bryanston lay in the vicinity of the church, the Portman chapel, (ST 80 NE 16) at the mouth of a dry valley (area ST 875071). In Medieval times it was a relatively large settlement; twenty-three tax-payers were recorded in 1333, but in 1662 the number of households had dwindled to six. Early in the 18th century the site of the village was occupied by a large house and its dependencies (See ST 80 NE40). <2>

<1> Deserted Medieval Villages : studies, 45 (Monograph). SWX1652.

DMV Res Gp 13 AR 1965 45

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1, 46 (Monograph). SDO146.

'The original village of Bryanston lay in the vicinity of the church, now the Portman Chapel (1), at the mouth of a dry valley. In mediaeval times it was a relatively large settlement; twenty-three taxpayers are recorded in the 1333 Subsidy Rolls (P.R.O., E. 179/103/5), but in 1662 the number of households had dwindled to six (Meekings, 69). Early in the 18th century the site of the village was occupied by a large house and its dependencies, the seat of the Berkeley Portman family from the 17th century onwards.'

<3> Beresford, M, and Hurst, J G, 1971, Deserted Medieval Villages, 186 (Monograph). SWX1568.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 205536 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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