simonfairburnOct 22, 20212 min readStratford-upon-Avon, a planned 'new town'.In 1196 Bishop John de Coutances commissioned his surveyor to layout burgage plots and roads for the new town of Stratford-upon-Avon (1)....
simonfairburnSep 14, 202018 min readHistory of a House While not associated with a burgage, this is a fascinating insight into the architectural history of a medieval building from a full...
simonfairburnSep 1, 20202 min readThe burgage plot, a space overlookedThe problem for burgage plots is that they are simply a space, a garden, a yard, gap or path between buildings, walls and fixtures that...