by Nick Corcos

The sections of these surveys, and indeed others, relating to Shapwick, in Somerset, are available in good, up to date versions, edited by Michael Costen and Martin Ecclestone, and published as part of the Shapwick Project. They provide excellent examples of the kind of information contained in the most detailed monastic surveys. See Gerrard, C; Aston, M (eds), 2007, The Shapwick Project, Somerset: A Rural Landscape Explored, Society for Medieval Archaeology, Monograph 25, Appendices 4,5 and 6 (CD-ROM). Medieval manorial court rolls, although sometimes rather difficult and intractable records for the non-specialist, can also be quarried for early field-name spellings: see ibid, Appendix 8.

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