Monument record MLI33569 - REMAINS OF DESERTED SETTLEMENT OF STOW

Summary

REMAINS OF DESERTED SETTLEMENT OF STOW

Type and Period (3)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

STOW, 'ESTOU' IN THE DOMESDAY SURVEY, WAS A HAMLET OF ABOUT 600 ACRES, WITH A CHAPEL. THERE WERE TWO HOUSES REMAINING ABOUT 1816. WHEN THE CHAPEL WAS TAKEN DOWN, ABOUT 1781, THE MATERIAL WAS USED FOR BUILDING A BARN, AND THE BELL WAS TAKEN TO BARHOLM CHURCH. THE WALL FOUNDATIONS OF THE CHAPEL AND OTHER BUILDINGS COULD BE SEEN ABOUT 1816 IN A FIELD CONTIGUOUS WITH THE WEST DEEPING-STOW AND LANGTOFT-STOW ROADS. INSCRIBED GRAVESTONES HAVE ALSO BEEN FOUND IN THE SAME FIELD. APs SHOW TRACES OF DESERTION AT TF106110. {1}{2}{3}{4}{5}{6} THE INDICATED AREA WAS UNDER PERMANENT PASTURE AND CONSISTED OF A SMALL FIELD SYSTEM WITH SOME AMORPHOUS TRACES OF DESERTION. NO TRACES OF THE CHAPEL FOUNDATIONS WERE SEEN IN 1965. {1}

Sources/Archives (6)

  •  Index: OS CARD INDEX. BARHOLM AND STOWE. TF 11 SW:10,1965, BAIRD J.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: William Marrat. 1814. The History of Lincolnshire; Topographical, Historical and Descriptive. VOL 3 pp46-8.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: C.W. Foster and T. Longley. 1924. Lincolnshire Domesday and Lindsey Survey. 19: XIII & LXXXIII, 58.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: BERESFORD, M.W.. 1954. The Lost Villages of England. p362.
  •  Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946-71. RAF POST WAR COLLECTION. CPE:UK:1932-1073-4,1947, .
  •  Index: SMR FILE. BARHOLM AND STOWE. TF 11 SW:AL,1981, TMA.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred TF 1068 1101 (343m by 276m)
Civil Parish BARHOLM AND STOWE, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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