This map shows how the north west part of Sherington might have looked c.1580. It is not an actual old map, but a reconstruction by Professor Chibnall originally published as Map 3 in his book “Sherington: Fiefs and Fields of a Buckinghamshire Village”.
The distribution of land is given in the tables Open Fields and Demesne (links on the right). This information is taken from Tables 49/50/51 and 47/48 of Chibnall’s book, respectively. Note that there are a number of detailed discrepancies between the information on the map and that given in the tables.
Links to the other maps listed below can be found on the right.
Larger scale maps of the four quadrants: North West, North East, South West, South East.
In 1580, farming followed a 3-year cycle. The arable land was therefore divided into three fields: Marehill Field, Middle Field and Windmill Field. The division is shown on the Field map.
Other dates: North West in 1300 – North West in 1796.