The settlement of Burreth is first mentioned in the Domesday Book. Land there belonged to the Bishop of Bayeux, Ivo Taillebois and Rannulf de Sancto Walarico. There was a minimum population of 12 sokemen, 2 villeins and 1 bordar. {1} The Lay Subsidy of 1334 lists Burreth's wealth as £1 3s 0d, one of the poorest in its wapentake (Gartree). {2} The Poll Tax Returns of 1377 recorded 74 taxpayers at Burreth. {3} There was a parish church (St Peter's) at Burreth, and its vicar died "in the Plague". No institutions are recorded after 1381. The reputed site of the church is marked by a rough mound within an enclosure. Possible house steadings are visible to the south-east although these have been obscured by surface quarrying. Human remains are said to have been found in the enclosure where the church is thought to have been located. Also within this enclosure are the earthwork remains of a rectangular building orientated east-west. {4}{5}{6} Earthworks at the site are visible on aerial photographs and include a moat, a hollow way, extensive ridge and furrow and a trackway leading toward Tupholme Abbey. {7} Fieldwalking has been carried out in the area of the earthworks. Medieval and post-medieval pottery (including Lincoln ware, Shelley ware and 16th century German stoneware) were recovered along with roof tiles and "old" brick, all of which were noted in concentrations in various areas of the site including the moat. Concentrations of cobbles and stone were also seen. {8}