Monument record MLI13166 - Settlement of Wrangle

Summary

The settlement of Wrangle is first mentioned in Domesday and survives to the present day. Wrangle parish appears to have had many small settlement foci, with this location as the main settlement area.

Type and Period (8)

  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Modern - 1000 AD to 2050 AD)
  • (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 901 AD to 1099 AD)
  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 901 AD to 1099 AD)
  • (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1300 AD to 1599 AD)
  • (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1300 AD to 1599 AD)
  • (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Full Description

Wrangle is first mentioned in the Domesday Book. The name is thought to derive from the Old English word 'wrengel/wrangel', meaning 'a crooked place', possibly referring to a winding stream. Land there was owned by Count Alan and Guy of Craon. For Count Alan, 'there is soke(land) belonging to (in) Draitone, 10 carucates of land (assessed) to the geld. There is land for 5 teams. 7 sokemen have 1 team there.' For Guy of Craon, 'Adestan had 2 carucates of land (assessed) to the geld. There is land for 1 team. Guy has it, and it is waste on account of the action (fluxum) of the sea.' {1}{2} A charter was acquired by Henry de Lacy in 1282 for a market to be held in the village on Saturdays. {3} The Lay Subsidy of 1334 lists the settlement's wealth as £15 13s 4d, with this being about average for its wapentake (Skirbeck). {4} The Diocesan Return of 1563 records 76 households in the parish. {5} 74 families were recorded as living in the parish by the late 17th century. This had risen to 80 families by the early 18th century. Five of these families are listed as being Quakers, with another family being listed as Anabaptist. {6} Notable residents of the village in 1856 are listed in White's Directory. 1196 souls were recorded as being in the parish at this time. A large creek that ran within half a mile of the church is documented in the directory. This creek may be the origin of the village's name. White also claims that in 1359, the town of wrangle furnished a ship and eight men into the navy of Edward III. {7} The population of Wrangle was recorded as 732 in 1801. This population had risen to 1279 by 1871, but had fallen to 1028 by 1901. {8} TF 42550 51100 (13166b) - Geophysical survey and auguring revealed a quantity of linear features and area's of burning. Excavation revealed these anomalies to be a series of ditches and gullies. Pottery recovered from the site is from local Lincoln kilns and dates from the late 10th century to the middle too late 11th century. Environmental samples taken revealed what is thought to be domestic waste, consisting mainly of grain and shellfish remains. This evidence seems to intimate that during the late Saxon period that there was activity here. Burnt clay was also recovered from the site and although it is highly speculative it may be associated with salt making. {9}{10}{11} TF4239 5087 (13166c) - Trial trenching revealed a ditch and postholes, indicating the presence of a fence here in medieval times. Some pottery, animal remains and a small piece of fired clay was recovered. {12}{13} A watching brief was undertaken at TF4255 5088 (13166g) which uncovered an artefact spread including 17th to 18th century pottery and post medieval handmade bricks. {14}{15}

Sources/Archives (15)

  •  Bibliographic Reference: C.W. Foster and T. Longley. 1924. Lincolnshire Domesday and Lindsey Survey. 12/63, 57/36.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Kenneth Cameron. 1998. A Dictionary of Lincolnshire Place-Names. p.144.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Graham Platts. 1985. Land and People in Medieval Lincolnshire. Appendix 1.
  •  Article in Serial: R.E. Glasscock. 1964. 'The Lay Subsidy of 1334 for Lincolnshire' in Lincolnshire Architectural and Archaeological Society Reports and Papers. vol.10.2, p.122.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Gerald A.J. Hodgett. 1975. Tudor Lincolnshire. p.193.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: R.E.G. Cole. 1913. Speculum Dioeceseos Lincolniensis sub Episcopis Gul: Wake et Edm: Gibson A.D.1705-1723. Part 1: Archdeaconries of Lincoln and Stow. p.147.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: William White. 1856. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire - Second Edition. p.328.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: William Page (ed). 1906. The Victoria County History: Lincolnshire - Volume 2. p.359.
  •  Report: Oxford Archaeotechnics. 1998. Land at Wrangle.
  •  Report: Pre-Construct Archaeology. 2002. Land at Wrangle.
  •  Archive: Pre-Construct Archaeology. 2002. Land at Wrangle, Boston.
  •  Report: Archaeological Project Services. 2003. Land at the Angle Inn, Wrangle. LCNCC:2003.333.
  •  Archive: Archaeological Project Services. 2003. Land at the Angel Inn, Wrangle. WAI 03.
  •  Report: Archaeological Project Services. Nov 2004. Watching brief at Church Lane, Wrangle. CLW03.
  •  Archive: Archaeological Project Services. Nov 2004. Watching brief at Church Lane, Wrangle. LCNCC 2003.267.

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Grid reference Centred TF 4249 5093 (416m by 463m) Estimated from sources
Civil Parish WRANGLE, BOSTON, LINCOLNSHIRE

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