Monument record MDO2428 - Eastbury medieval tithing, Sherborne

Eastbury, a medieval tithing of Sherborne, was first recorded in 1322, when 22 taxpayers lived there. Possibly a planned suburban development of the town.

AC Archaeology conducted an archaeological desk based assessment in 1997 of land adjacent to Brecon House in advance of the proposed construction of seven new houses. A study of historical documents revealed that Eastbury, one of Sherborne’s medieval tithings, is first recorded in 1327, when 17 taxpayers lived there [1][3]. The name suggests a deliberate urban or suburban development east of the main town, and is probably to be identified with the planned burgage tenements along Long Street. The area may have remained slightly apart from the centre of Sherborne as late as the 16th century as suggested by a map of 1570 which depicts a break in housing on the southern side of Long Street. A discrete land boundary, possibly the boundary of the Eastbury tithing runs along the back of tenement plots fronting on to the south side of Long Street and possibly continues along the diagonal boundary followed by the western wall of the Dorsetshire Brewery buildings. [2]

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Oct 3 2022 11:33AM