PRN 50514 Settlement remains occur on all sides of the existing village. The recorded population for Hackthorn only matched that of 1086 in the later part of the 19th or early 20th century. {1}{2}{3} At Domesday, the settlement of Hackthorn had three manors, a church and two mills, with three smaller estates added by the early 12th century. During the late 12th and early 13th centuries, consecutive land grants to monastic houses, and consolidation of secular property, resulted in the predominance of two estates, one centred on a manorial complex at the west end of the village, and the other upon a grange of the Gilbertine priory of Bullington, thought to be located east of the village around Grange Farm. After the Black Death (mid 14th century), Hackthorn's population more than halved and the two main estates united into a single holding. The population recovered gradually, having reached its former level by the time of the Dissolution in 1538. A manorial block had been established in the western part of the village by the late medieval period, where the church and manor house/hall could be found. The old hall, east of St Michael's church, was demolished in 1793, and the present hall built to the west of the church from 1793 to 1795. (These features all lie outside the scheduled area). The monument includes part of the landscaped park to the south of the hall, where nucleated village and cultivation remains are located, and two areas of earthworks to the east, including the remains of dispersed settlement features. The monument includes the earthwork and buried remains of the medieval village, together with associated farmsteads and cultivation remains. It lies in three areas of protection; the first of these lies in Hackthorn Park, south of the ornamental 18th century lake; the second area lies east of Popples Cottage; and the third area is situated on the north side of the present village, extending eastwards from the earthworks around Yew Tree Farm over a distance of about 400 metres; remains of raised enclosures to the east have been levelled by modern ploughing and are not included in the scheduled area. The standing buildings at Yew Tree Farm are not included in the scheduling; all fences, gates and troughs are excluded from the scheduling, although the ground beneath them is included. {4}