The review of the list of deserted sites continues to throw up more strange occurrences with the 1968 Gazetteer of deserted sites. After the last post that discussed how the totals of deserted villages known in 1968 in each county did not match the totals listed in the Gazetteer we have now found that some errors and corrections with the Gazetteer spotted in 1972 had been forgotten by 1989…..
There are three versions of the publication by Maurice Beresford and John Hurst – Deserted Medieval Villages which contain the list of deserted medieval villages known in 1968 (Sheail 1971). The original edition was that published in 1971. However a reprint was commissioned in 1972. The Medieval Village Research Group took this opportunity to add a few corrections to the Gazetteer – mainly with the wrong two-letter codes being given for grid references, but also some numerical errors in grid references and some changes to the spelling of names. These corrections were listed in the 1972/1973 report (but without noting exactly what they changes were (Dyer 1973)). The final version of the book was a second edition in 1989. It had been hoped by the publisher that this would be a fully updated version of the book, but time did not allow so instead it was a reprint with a new Editor’s Introduction. However they went back to the original 1971 version and not the 1972 reprint – and so the errors have appeared once more……
Below is a list of the corrections that appeared in 1972 with a note of the change that has occurred. Most of these corrections are listed in the annual report but a few slipped through the next but have been picked up here. Beresford’s Lost Villages Website more by chance than planning had used the 1972 reprint for the source of the Gazetteer in the first place so the edits have appeared on the database. That is not to say that the 1972 version was still perfect – there were still occasions with the wrong letters and reversed numbers….. also below are the ones we have spotted so far…… This has included two entries that were corrected in 1972 (but the corrections were actually in error!).
References
Dyer, C. 1973. Medieval Village Research Group Report No.20/21.
Sheail, J. 1971. ‘County Gazetteers of Deserted Medieval Villages (known to 1968)’, in M.W. Beresford and J.G. Hurst (eds) Deserted Medieval Villages: Studies: 182-212. London: Lutterworth Press.
Corrections from 1972
Berkshire
Hillend SP 466065 (Change in letters)
Seacourt SP 486075 (Change in letters)
Stroud SP 444075 (Change in letters)
Tulwick SU 413904 (Change in letters)
Whitley SP 442053 (Change in letters)
Derbyshire
Birchill SK 226707 (Error in number)
Devonshire
Beere, Great SS 690034 (Change in letters)
Dorset
Afflington SY 972801 (Change in letters)
Hemsworth ST 970060 (Change in letters)
Essex
Braxted, Great TL 850155 (Change in letters)
Faulkbourne TL 800163 (Change in letters)
Wickham Bishops TL 837120 (Change in letters)
Gloucestershire
Aston ST 901991 (Change in letters)
Hants and Isle of Wight
Newtown SU 476638 (Change in grid reference)
St. Anastius by Wyke SU 479300 (Change reveres eastings and northings)
Herefordshire
Devereux Change in Spelling
Hentland Change in Spelling
Hertfordshire
Flaunden TQ 009988 (Change in letters)
Munden, Great Change in Spelling
Stagenhoe TL 186227 (Change in letters)
Tiscott SP 883178 (Change in letters)
Leicestershire
Aldeby SP 552987 (Change in letters)
Ringlethorp SK 776235 (Change in letters)
Starmore SP 583806 (Change in letters)
Whittington SK 486083 (Change in letters)
Lincolnshire
Bassingthorpe SK 966285 (Change in letters)
Cawthorpe TF 353956 (Error in numbers)
Darby SE 878180 (Change in letters and error in number)
Fultnetby SK 098795 (Change in letters)
Sawcliffe Change in spelling
Somerby TA 061067 (Change in letters)
Sudwelle SK 990230 (Change in letters)
Swine Haven TA 395985 (Change in letters)
Norfolk
Boyland TM 225944 (Change in letters)
Semere Change in spelling
Thorpe TL 946841 (Change in letters)
Threxton TF 885001 (Change in letters)
Northumberland
Belsay NZ 085785 (Change in letters)
Bolam NZ 092827 (Change in letters)
Budle NU 159351 (Change in letters)
Bullocks Hall NU 245982 (Change in letters)
Clarewood NZ 018701 (Change in letters and error in number)
Debdon Change in spelling
Evistones NY 830968 (Change in letters)
Fallodon Change in spelling
Fenrother Change in spelling
Hawick NY 963826 (Change in letters)
Hollinghill Change in spelling
Monkridge NY 918912 (Change in letters)
Nesbit Change in spelling (not listed in annual report)
Ray NY 967856 (Change in letters)
Ross NU 135370 (Change in letters)
Spindlestone NU 151332 (Change in letters)
Todburn NZ 120957 (Change in letters)
Somerset
Currypool ST 227385 (Error in number, not listed in annual report)
Suffolk
Easton Bavents Change in spelling
Sussex
Bracklesham SZ 805964 (Change in letters)
Warwickshire
Fletchamstead SP 300773 (Error in number)
Watergall SP 425558 (Error in number)
Wiltshire
Hartham Change in spelling
Norrington Change in spelling
Vasterne Change in spelling (not listed in annual report)
Washern Change in spelling (not listed in annual report)
Whelpley SU 231240 (Change in letters)
Worcestershire
Poden SP 125435 (Change in letters)
Yorkshire East Riding
Holm Archiepiscopi Change in spelling
Newsome Nowthorne TA 305268 (Error in number)
Yorkshire North Riding
Cawthorn SE 773891 (Change in letters)
Corburn SE 580590 (Change reveres eastings and northings)
Didderston SE 180080 (Error in number)
Kilton Thorpe NZ 693177 (Change in letters)
Leckby Change in spelling
Martin Change in spelling
Otterington, North Change in spelling
Yorkshire West Riding
Gawthorpe SE 310440 (Error in number)
Hammerton SD 720537 (Change in letters)
Lotherton SE 450360 (Error in number)
Thorpe Stapleton SE 340310 (Error in number)
Corrections by the website
Dorset
Polingston SY 667953 (Change in letters)
Leicestershire
Preswold SK 580216 (Change in letters)
Lincolnshire
Adewelle TA 060050 (Change in letters)
Fultnetby TF 098795 (Change in letters) back to original, changed in error 1972
Stocking SK 850465 (Change in letters)
Norfolk
Norton TF 708010 (Change in letters)
Toimere TF 650070 (Change in letters)
Northumberland
Blagdon NZ 215772 (Error in number)
Buckenfield NZ 179978 (Change in letters)
Bullocks Hall NZ 245982 (Change in letters) back to original, changed in error 1972
Elyhaugh NZ 158998 (Change in letters)
Row NZ 091996 (Change in letters)
Oxfordshire
Attington SP 700016 (Change in letters)
Puttes SP 284020 (Change in letters)
Yorkshire, East Riding
Linton, East SE 800283 (Swapped with West Linton)
Linton, West SE 793280 (Swapped with East Linton)
Yorkshire, North Riding
Danby on Ure SE 171869 (Change in letters)
Didderston NZ 180080 (Change in letters)