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Seacourt

Deserted medieval village in Oxfordshire, England

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Seacourt is a deserted medieval village (DMV) in the civil parish of Wytham, in the Vale of White Horse district, in Oxfordshire, England, near the city of Oxford. The site is now mostly beneath the Oxford Western By-pass (A34), about 0.3 miles (0.48 km) south of the Seacourt/Hinksey Stream crossing.

Paleolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Chalcolithic
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Classical Period
Post-Classical Period
Early Modern Period
Industrial Period
Contemporary Period
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Grant to Abingdon Abbey

955

Early name record

c. 957

Domesday Book entry

1086

Parish church recorded

by 1200

13th-century redevelopment

13th century

Manor grant to Bereford

1313

Sale to William Wilcotes

1409

Collapse and desertion reported

1439

Dissolution of Studley Priory possessions

1539

Sale of priory possessions

1540

Civil parish changes

1858

Recorded population

1891

Excavations (1937–1939)

1937–1939

Excavations (1958–1959)

1958–1959

Seacourt Farm survives until

1963

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Archaeological Features

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Defensive Structures

Ditches
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Animal Husbandry Features

Animal PensStables
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Industrial and Craft Structures

WatermillsFulling Mills
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Religious and Ritual Structures

Churches
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Agricultural and Land Use Features

Cattle Pens
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Domestic and Habitation Structures

VillagesHouses
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Environmental and Natural Features

Artificial MoundsLandscaped Earthworks
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Transportation and Communication Structures

RoadsBridges
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Country

United Kingdom

Coordinates

51.76° N, -1.30° E