Little Oxendon

A number of primary sources for some of the details that appear below are quoted by John Bridges in his history of Northamptonshire.

However Little Oxendon still had at least eight inhabitants in 1405 and evidence of the total population during the 15th century is lacking, so the period suggested for depopulation may well be too early.

When Bridges researched the history of Northamptonshire during the five years prior to his death in 1724, only one house remained at Little Oxendon, though there was evidence of the site of the chapel and of several former houses as square building stones and burnt hearth stones had been dug up at different times.

Information about how to visit the site of Little Oxendon and the extensive well preserved ridge and furrow fields in the vicinity is set out on the Natural England website.

This includes an opportunity to download a large scale map showing the relevant public and permissive footpaths and the precise location of the site of the village.