Hermeston - listed as an accepted deserted Med village. Nothing visible on available AP's (RAF 1948 & 1954). (2)

Ground perambulation revealed no surface indications of desertion in the indicated area. Mrs Riddell (Hermeston Hall) has no knowledge of an early village and does not know the source of the name. To the S of Oldcotes dyke broken ground indicates former quarrying. (3)

Heremodestun: Heremods farm. Mentioned in the Pipe Rolls in 1166. (4)

A number of earthworks lie in land to the S of Oldcotes Dyke. A variety of irregular mounds and hollows lie on the slope that descends from the boundary with Hermeston Hall. A small wooded plot next to the stream appears to contain a large low mound. (5)

Medieval/ post medieval banks and a platform are visible as earthworks on air photographs. Possible remains of Hermeston deserted medieval village. Dispersed banks with no common alignment scattered over an area of approximately 20.9ha. Some appear to form enclosed areas. At SK 5894 8833 is visible a 14m wide platform. Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire: Archaeological Mapping and Assessment Project - NMR OS/89141 255 06-May-1989. (6)

See L6118 for Med-post med bank earthworks.

Data Held: Ground Photograph (Ground photograph). SNT2646.

2 colour print, CP 220-1 (F10/5), SMR

<1> Beresford M and Hurst JG, 1971, Deserted Medieval Villages: Studies (Published document). SNT477.

<2> DMVRG, 1962, Annual Report (Published document). SNT616.

Other Refs: App A

<3> Colquhoun FD, 1974, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT582.

<4> Gover, Mawer & Stenton, 1940, Place Names of Nottinghamshire, p 83 (Published document). SNT670.

<5> TPAT, 1994, Village Earthwork Survey I (Published document). SNT1359.

<6> Historic England, 2021, National Record of Historic Environment (Digital archive). SNT5271.