Suspected medieval alehouse unearthed in east Yorkshire

[SydneyRover]

DNA match many senior members of the VSC it is alleged.

''Archaeologists and volunteers make find at what may be one of UK’s best-preserved deserted medieval villages''

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/aug/28/suspected-medieval-alehouse-unearthed-east-yorkshire

[ravenrover]

SS probably had a pint in there as a youth

[roversdude]

DW was on the door

[IDM]

Isn’t it where BB had his retirement do?

[Panda]

I actually prefer that part of yorkshire to the more 'illustrious' areas such as the Dales or Moors.

The Yorkshire Wolds are the most beautiful, serene and undiscovered part of Yorkshire IMO. As long as you avoid Hull which is the part that spoils east Yorkshire, i think East Yorks is the best of the 4 ridings.

[ravenrover]

Panda, sorry but there are only 3 Ridings

[Panda]

Panda, sorry but there are only 3 Ridings

Really?

I didn't know that. East, West and North definitely. Does West Riding also include South Yorkshire then?

[ravenrover]

Yep

[Sprotyrover]

There are 7 Deserted medieval villages in Doncaster all abandoned after the Bubonlc Plague in 1348.

[drfchound]

There are 7 Deserted medieval villages in Doncaster all abandoned after the Bubonlc Plague in 1348.

This got me thinking sproty so I googled for a couple of minutes and came up with “21 abandoned Yorkshire villages”.
Look it up, really interesting.

[Panda]

Cadeby?

[Panda]

One near Cadeby i think?

[idler]

Panda, sorry but there are only 3 Ridings

Really?

I didn't know that. East, West and North definitely. Does West Riding also include South Yorkshire then?

I think the term riding comes from the old Norse word for third. I’m sure that I read that somewhere.

[Sprotyrover]

Cadeby?

Wildthorpe near Cadeby,,Skirlsthorpe near Newton/cusworth,Cusworth in a field between the Hall and current village,Scawsby was at the x roads on Barnsley road,The Radcliffe moat,Scawthorpe, Frickley, the church is still in the field where the village stood,and an abandoned moat between Arksey and Bentley.

[roversdude]

We have some fascinating local history - I keep meaning to buy the local Sprotbrough book when it’s out

[Donnywolf]

Panda, sorry but there are only 3 Ridings

Really?

I didn't know that. East, West and North definitely. Does West Riding also include South Yorkshire then?

I think the term riding comes from the old Norse word for third. I’m sure that I read that somewhere.

You did .... And dead right ... and Wakefield County town of WR , Northallerton NR and Beverley ER

There was a very big telly series called South Riding in the past but I never saw it

[i_ateallthepies]

Stainforth 

[ravenrover]

Always wondered about about the remains of a "castle" in the fields between Scawthorpe and Highfields. Growing up as a nipper in Scawthorpe we always went playing up there. As I understood it thete was no such place as Scawthorpe back in the day and came into being when the Council and Pit developed the housing. Anyone know if that is correct or not?

[Sprotyrover]

Scawthorpe is not in Domesday whereas Langthwaite where the motte and Bailey and The Radcliffe moat were!

[Sprotyrover]

There is a plot of rough land next to St James church high Melton, I suspect it was a mass burial site for plague victims. At leat 25% of the then population 4 million to 3 million. Labourers wages also Quadrupled.

[Bentley Bullet]

 

Stainforth 

Don't knock Stainforth. Folk come every year from there in their droves to Bentley for their annual holiday, especially when the Gyro to Sterling exchange rate is favourable.

[Sprotyrover]

There is a Motte and Bailey  in between Cusworth and Sprotbrough in the woods between the Mototway and Twisted Knot

[Panda]

There is a Motte and Vailey in between Cusworth and Sprotbrough in the woods between the Mototway and Twisted Knot

Didn't know that. Those fields between Cussy and Sproggy were my playground in my youth and didn't come across anything. Any visible signs of this SR?

[Bristol Red Rover]

There is a Motte and Vailey in between Cusworth and Sprotbrough in the woods between the Mototway and Twisted Knot

Didn't know that. Those fields between Cussy and Sproggy were my playground in my youth and didn't come across anything. Any visible signs of this SR?

No idea where the Twisted Knot is? As you come under the motorway on the footpath from the end of Cussy big lake, turn right heading almost along the motorway, in the woods on a slope there was something that always looked like old foundations/mounds.

[turnbull for england]

Stainforth 

Don't knock Stainforth. Folk come every year from there in their droves to Bentley for their annual holiday, especially when the Gyro to Sterling exchange rate is favourabl

Misspelt Gyro,.  Should be a p where the y is

[Bentley Bullet]

Gpro?

[Sprotyrover]

There is a Motte and Vailey in between Cusworth and Sprotbrough in the woods between the Mototway and Twisted Knot

Didn't know that. Those fields between Cussy and Sproggy were my playground in my youth and didn't come across anything. Any visible signs of this SR?

No idea where the Twisted Knot is? As you come under the motorway on the footpath from the end of Cussy big lake, turn right heading almost along the motorway, in the woods on a slope there was something that always looked like old foundations/mounds.

Yes that’s the location location linked to one of the contenders for the real Robin Hood.allegedly born at Skelbrooke manor.

[drfchound]

Gpro?

It might be an old English word.

[roversdude]

There is a Motte and Vailey in between Cusworth and Sprotbrough in the woods between the Mototway and Twisted Knot

Didn't know that. Those fields between Cussy and Sproggy were my playground in my youth and didn't come across anything. Any visible signs of this SR?

No idea where the Twisted Knot is? As you come under the motorway on the footpath from the end of Cussy big lake, turn right heading almost along the motorway, in the woods on a slope there was something that always looked like old foundations/mounds.

Yes that’s the location location linked to one of the contenders for the real Robin Hood.allegedly born at Skelbrooke manor.

Will have to check that out thanks Sproty- how have you coped with the road closure ?

[i_ateallthepies]

This map is from 1890 and in the southeast corner shows the site of a castle, right where you describe the ruins.

https://maps.nls.uk/view/125649373