Monument record MDR8175 - Medieval settlement, Upper Town, Birchover

Uppertown is traditionally the original site of Birchover. The church is said to have been in Allen's Croft, although there is no written record of the church site. Norman stonework is built into Ivy Cottage. An inventory of the lands of Henry de Aldwarke in Birchover, in 1413, mentions a long list of small pieces of land, one of which is one rood 'butting upon the Kyrke in Costefelde'. The gritstone walls along Uppertown Lane utilise shaped building stones, these may be from buildings cleared close to the walls. J C Heathcote had several stones with 12th century church building connotations. (1, 2) Slides of the area. (3)