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Green and Kirk Hammerton in the Domesday Book

By Chris | April 1, 2023March 18, 2023 by Chris

opendomesday.org lists Green Hammerton with the following entry: Altera Hanbretone, altera meaning “other”. The entry immediately above on the same folio is listed as being for Kirk Hammerton: Kirk Hammerton being listed as just Hanbretone. However, if we look in more detail at the entries, our contention is that these two are the wrong way around on the opendomesday.org site, and the listing for Kirk Hammerton is actually Green Hammerton. This is the listing for…

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The Archaeology of Green Hammerton: Sources of Information Part 2

By Chris | February 7, 2023January 30, 2023 by Chris

In part 1 of this series, we looked at the first set of sources we used to research the archaeology of Green Hammerton. In this second part, we’ll look at the remaining sources of information available to us. Historic Maps Historic maps, provided by the National Library of Scotland, can give us clue to how the village has changed over time. You can see an example here from 1848, but we also have maps going…

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The Archaeology of Green Hammerton: Sources of Information Part 1

By Chris | January 31, 2023January 30, 2023 by Chris

In this series of articles, we will summarize the talk that we recently gave at the Village Club covering “The Archaeology of Green Hammerton: What We Know So Far”. In the first part, we will look at sources of information we can use to find out about the archaeology of our village. Even without putting a shovel into the ground we can find out a great deal about our past using the many sources of…