Chipping Wardon

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Arbury Camp; Arbury Banks

In the civil parish of Chipping Warden. In the historic county of Northamptonshire (Modern Authority of Northamptonshire, 1974 county of Northamptonshire).

Said to be castle here which King locates in Oxon. I'm not sure if King is actually referring to Chipping Warden, or to a site in Oxon but to which Chipping Warden is the nearest town, or to a place called Chipping Wardon (to which I can find no reference). Chipping Wardon does appear to have been an alternative spelling of Chipping Warden in C16. There is a round earthwork called Arbury Camp said to be "presumably of iron age date" surronded by medieval field system at SP494486. This has a mound on the southern rampart, called 'windmill mound' in PastScape.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SP49434847

Air Photo from Air Photo and general mapping	1st edition OS Map from Mid to late 19th century maps
Modern Map from Landscape form and features	Modern Map from General location and route planning
Geograph British Isles occasionally has photos of the site and will usually give an idea of the surrounding landscape.

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 337117
Further information may be available from the holder of the county Historic Environment Record. In particular 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website, or elsewhere.

• Books
  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2
    RCHME, 1982, An inventory of the historical monuments in the County of Northampton. Vol4: South-west Northamptonshire (HMSO) p30