b'The question we have to ask is: Are there any boundaries that dont fit in with this pattern of alignment? The answer? Yes!A Different AlignmentThere is one prominent boundary that can still be seen that stands out as being on a different alignment. It is the one that runs between the old church yard and the new graveyard - No 1 on the accompanying diagram, identified by a continuous line.Three boundaries that cant be seen on the ground but can be seen on aerial photographs are marked with dashed linesNo 2 on the diagram. These are on the Old Show Field behind Fishers.Lastly, and most obviously, is the alignment of the the southern tip, a loop is created by having to skirtroad that cuts through the centre of the villagemore the higher ground resulting from the banking for a millspecifically, just that section that borders the Old pond. Show FieldNo 3 on the diagram.The third anomaly (illustrated here) is a bulge withWhat we notice is that all these features are out of a double right-angled bend in the back lane on thealignment with the other plot boundaries but they are northern side of the village. This is more interesting. parallel to each other! Can we establish a reason for the bulge and theIt is particularly telling that the section of the main bend? I believe we can. But first we have to look atroad on the other side of the beck (No 4) is more or the way the individual plots within the inhabited arealess parallel with plot boundaries that are close to it.are divided up.Plot BoundariesIf we insert the lines of the frontages on either side of the beck and a number of boundaries between plots (but not all) into the rectangular area we can see that they run parallel to each other and parallel to the header and footer lanes that join the back lanes (see next diagram).Picking up on a point alluded to earlier, it is interesting to note that the regularity of the rectangle combined with the fact that the beck doesnt run through its centre for its whole length means that the distance from the frontages to the back lanes varies. The plots in the south-west sector would have been particularly constrained if laid out according to theEvidence for Re-planninglength of the frontages rather than overall area. Well leave this point for now.What can we deduce from all of this?Firstly, we can say that there is evidence for two distinct village layouts. The one, represented by the rectangle and the majority of parallel plot boundaries, must be the most recent. The other might be older.This other, possibly older, layout is significant because it encompasses the church, the site of the Manor House, a lane and at least four plots on some of which archaeological evidence for medieval habitation has been found.So far so good, but what evidence is there for a re-planning of the village layout apart from the fact that there is a difference between the alignment of certain boundaries?We need to go back to the bulge in the back lane with the double right-angled bend. This is just at the 284 BULLETIN 15'