THE DESERTED SETTLEMENT OF BEASTHORPE WAS FIRST DOCUMENTED IN THE EARLY C14, AND WAS USUALLY RECORDED WITH THORNTON LE MOOR AND CAUTHORPE. IN 1563 IT ONLY AHD 1 HOUSEHOLD, BUT THE FIELD EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT IT HAD ONCE BEEN LARGER. THOUGH NOW TOTALLY DESTROYED, APS SHOW IT TO HAVE HAD BASICALLY A TWO-ROW LAYOUT OF PLOTS ON AN E-W HOLLOW WAY, WITH A SEPARATE, AND PERHAPS LATER, GROUP OF CLOSES ON THE N-S THROUGH ROAD. THE SETTLEMENT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN FITTED IN BETWEEN FURLONGS OF ARABLE OR TO HAVE EXPANDED OVER THEM. {1}