NAME End, Little London and PARISH Pamber HUNDRED Barton Stacey DISTRICT and Deane NGR SU 621587 GEOLOGY Lower Bagshot

SITE CONTEXT is on the S edge of the parish and is positioned on land which slopes to the S at around 70m OD. The parish boundary to the S follows the line of a small stream.

Little London lies at between 70-80m OD. The settlement is along a N-S road which runs down a S facing slope to a small stream. There are a few houses, mainly later in date on the S side of the stream.

Pamber Green lies on almost flat land but there is a slight slope to the E. From near the E side of the area of modern settlement a stream issues and flows to the SE.

PLAN TYPE & DESCRIPTION Dispersed hamlets and farmsteads.

Pamber End consists of a couple of farms, a pub and several cottages mainly lying alongside a NW-SE road. One farm lies on a smaller road to the E.

Little London's plan can be divided into two foci. Near the stream at the S end of the area of settlement there is a small cluster buildings around the junction of the N-S road and the road to the W. At the N end of the plan there is a cluster of farm buildings which are sited within an area that has been quarried out for clay for the brickworks that were here.

The C19 view of Pamber Green does not really show the green as most of the common edge settlements in this area do as it appears to have been inclosed by this date. As with Pamber End, there are farms and cottages in small groups alongside roads. However, at Pamber Green the main concentrations of buildings lie along or at the end of lanes that have dead ends. The group along Kimbers Lane to the E off the N-S road may indicate the line of the edge of the common before inclosure. This area of settlement seems to be squeezed in between the green and the forest to the NE.

AREAS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL POTENTIAL

Pamber End. Two AAPs cover the general area of C19 settlement along the sides of the main route to the NW and the small group of buildings along the road to the E.

Little London. An area around the junction of Road and New Road forms an AHAP as the junction appears to have formed a distinct focus for settlement at least by the C17 based upon existing buildings. The AHAP extends to the stream in the S to cover the open area on the W side of the road and the large plot of Kinghern Cottage.

Along the road to the N, both sides are covered by an AAP as there is a possibility that there have been more houses along this section than is shown on the Tithe map. Some of the plots in this area could be seen as abandoned building plots. At the N of the AAP it widens to cover the whole area of the site of the brickworks witin the quarry on the W side of the road and the area of the Roman tile kiln to the E.

Pamber Green. The C19 settlement pattern here is dispersed with small groups of buildings scattered over the area. Two AAPs have been highlighted: the first running along the edge of the forest and common to include the group of cottages on Kimbers Lane The second AAP covers the area around Barnsted which is again of C17 date.

To the W of the A340 between Ravenscot Farm and Wakeford Farm field-walking has shown several areas of medieval and post-medieval pottery scatters. Whether these represent settlement close by or are the result of manuring arable is not clear. Any development in this area should be preceeded by assessment.

The three areas of Pamber are difficult to assess because of their dispersed nature and the basic lack of understanding of how these types of settlement developed. It is not sufficient to label all such common edge and roadside settlement as being post- medieval origin even though they all have names which suggest later settlement. It has been suggested in other parts of the country that common edge settlement may date back as far as the C12 (Wade-Martins 1980). More research is required in settlements such as this.

CHURCH & CHURCHYARD Church first mentioned 1564. The parishoners used to attend Sherborne Priory (VCH Vol IV p 433).

BUILDINGS (Listed) Old Post Cottage Little London C17 C18 C19 II College Fm Barn C18 II Kinghern Cottage C17 C18 II Martingales Fmhse Early C19 II West Wit New Rd C17 II Racketts Fmhse C17 C18 early C19 II The College Arms PH Pamber End Late C18 II Hannington Fmhse C17 C20 II Granary S of house C18 II Wyeford Fm House Early C17 early C20 II* Granary W of moat C18 II Cottage NW of house C17 C20 II Pamber Place House 1665 II Pamber Place barn and stable C17 C18 II Barnstead, Green Lane C17 barn C18 II Barn N of Wigmore Fm, Pamber End C17 C20 II Wigmore Fmhse C16 to C17 refronted C18 II Priory Church C12 C13 I Pamber Priory Fmhse C17 C18 c.1900 II Barn SW and granary N C18 and early C19 II Pond House Barn C17 II

SMR DATA SU55NE 19 59975889 Med moated site 20 59795902 Med fishpond 21 59995881 Med fishpond ewk 22 59905890 Ice-house SU55NW 57 60605920 Med and P-med pot 58 60645984 ditto 59 60735948 ditto 60 60715937 ditto 61 60605960 ditto 62 60595942 Flint debitage

ADDITIONAL SITES/FEATURES 1 60906050 Site of cottage with an outbuilding immediately to N and another outbuilding within the small enclosure still existing to N shown on Tithe map 2 60715937 Site of cottage and outbuilding shown on Tithe map 3 60635978 Site of 2 cottages: one just S of the line of the lane which extended further to W than today and the second to the N of the line of the lane shown on Tithe map 4 60845912 Site of cottage shown on Tithe map 5 62195986 Site of cottage shown on Tithe map. The building lies on what was probably roadside waste and was probably of post-medieval date 7 61125836 Site of cottage shown on Tithe map with another cottage with adjoining outbuilding to the N at 61105865

CARTOGRAPHIC SOURCES OS 1:2500 SU 5443-5543, 5643-5743, 6058, 6059- 6159, 6259-6359, Tithe map 21M65/F7/185/2 (1838).

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

PRIMARY HISTORIC SOURCES Domesday Not mentioned.

Subsidy Rolls 1334 1. 9. 4 (with and Ham) 1524 5. 15. 4 (38 taxpayers)

Manorial Documents

Hearth Tax 1665 55 hearths chargeable (21 houses) 27 hearths not chargeable (27 houses) Total 48 houses PLACE NAME 1166 Penburga OE Pennbeorg 'hill or barrow with an enclosure or fold'.

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OTHER PROJECT ARCHIVE ELEMENTS No medieval manor but various records of grants to assart and licences for inclosure to families in the neighbourhood (VCH Vol IV p 433).