Monument record MDO47223 - 'Lost' settlement of Middle Street, Spetisbury

(ST 9102: Middle Street - ST 912022; Crawford - ST 918018 Both sited from auth. 1 fig. 1 and from OS 10000 1978).

Middle Street and Crawford are mentioned in Domesday. It is suggested that Crawford (D.B: Crawford) is to the south-east of Spetisbury village around Crawford bridge, that west end represents the D.B: 'Speteberie', while Middle street, roughly equidistant between the two, represents D.B: Spehtesberie'. Additional evidence for there being 3 settlements exists today in the field boundaries within the parish. Two lines of almost continuous hedges cross the parish from north-east to south-west dividing it in to three unequal areas, with the suggested settlements at the north-east end of these fields. These must be the original land locks of the settlements. (1)

<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1967, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1966, 207-8, Map (Serial). SDO66.

<2> National Record of the Historic Environment (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Mar 7 2024 2:27PM