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Snorscombe is a ruined
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south of
Everdon Everdon is a village in West Northamptonshire in England, some south of Daventry. The population of the civil parish (including Little Everdon) at the 2011 census was 356. Nearby, The Stubbs is a wood belonging to the Woodland Trust, a UK co ...
in
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, whose rural location, now on private land, makes it extremely hard to access.


History

The hamlet was once a thriving community. The
medieval In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of World history (field), global history. It began with the fall of the West ...
residents would have worked for the local Lord under the
manorial system Manorialism, also known as seigneurialism, the manor system or manorial system, was the method of land ownership (or "tenure") in parts of Europe, notably France and later England, during the Middle Ages. Its defining features included a large, ...
and cultivated the surrounding land. The manor at Snorscombe was held by a Philip Lovell at the time of King John. By 1534 it had passed to the Knightley family. The
manor house A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were usually held the lord's manorial courts, communal mea ...
was a farmhouse by the early 18th century and all that was left of the village was that farm, a
watermill A watermill or water mill is a mill that uses hydropower. It is a structure that uses a water wheel or water turbine to drive a mechanical process such as mill (grinding), milling (grinding), rolling, or hammering. Such processes are needed in ...
and a cottage.


External links


Everdon Website
* {{coord, 52.20081, -1.12790, type:landmark_region:GB_source:enwiki-osgb36(SP597562), display=title Former populated places in Northamptonshire West Northamptonshire District Hamlets in Northamptonshire