Centurie de la Plaine des Jeux
Château Littleworth
Gainfield is a modern settlement, developed in the late 20th century on lands belonging to Gainfield Farm.[2] Gainfield Farm appears to represent the meeting place of the hundred of Ganfield, one of the ancient hundreds of Berkshire, known to have been in the parish of Buckland.[3]
Cherbury Camp
Cherbury Camp is a multi-vallate hill fort-like earthwork, at grid reference SU374963, 1 mi (1.6 km) north of the village of Charney Bassett in the Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. The site is connected to the village by a footpath.
History and legend
This appears to be an Iron Age fortification but is far from any hill or other vantage point. It is, nonetheless, larger than its counterpart, Uffington Castle, on the nearby Berkshire Downs. The surrounding area was likely to have been marshy, so the site may have had strategic importance. In structure and unusual siting, it resembles nearby Hardwell Castle.
Legend has it that the local inhabitants of Uffington Castle travelled the intervening 6 miles (9.7 km) to raid Cherbury Camp, where King Canute and his invading army were encamped. However, a young shepherd boy spotted them and blew his horn as a warning to the Danes. They are said to have consequently prevailed in the subsequent battle, which took place at the crossroads halfway between Charney Bassett and Buckland. The area became known as Gainfield as a result. The shepherd boy was granted all the land within the sound of his horn, around Pusey, as a reward for his vigilance.
Manoirs Domesday
Name Households Littleworth 62 Stanford [-in-the-Vale] 51 Buckland 38 Hinton [Waldrist] 32 Longworth 30 Pusey 21 Shellingford 21 Charney [Bassett] 20 Hatford 17 Barcote 15 Duxford 7 Newton 6
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