Monument record MLI40728 - Settlement of Donington on Bain

Summary

The settlement of Donington on Bain is first mentioned in Domesday Book and survives to the present.

Type and Period (5)

  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Modern - 1000 AD? to 2050 AD)
  • (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1200 AD to 1899 AD)
  • (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

The settlement of Donington on Bain is first documented in the Domesday Book, and was known at that time as 'Duninctune'. Sokeland was recorded there, belonging to a manor in Belchford of Ivo Taillebois. There was a minimum population of 34 at that time, comprising 28 sokemen and 6 bordars. Two mills are also mentioned (see 44722). The name probably means 'the farmstead, village associated with Dunn(a)' from the Old English personal name. {1}{2} The Poll Tax returns of 1377 recorded 96 taxpayers. {3} By 1563 there 31 households recorded in the Diocesan Returns, and by the early eighteenth century there were 40 households. {4}{5} The population in 1801 was 188, and by 1901 this had risen to 343, peaking in the nineteenth century in 1861 at 552. {6} There is an old enclosure to the north of Donington on Bain within which are signs of occupation (padstones, cobbles and floor areas). The area is regularly ploughed and a good range of pottery has been found; 13th to 15th century wares and post medieval sherds including a 19th century bellamine base and two sherds of flask. There are good earthworks found in the field to the west of Mill Road and it is possible that the medieval village extended to the mill. {7} Surviving earthworks are present in the field to the west of Mill Lane (in the field centred at TF 23378 83186) and to the north of the present Donington on Bain village. This is part of the medieval settlement of Donington on Bain. {8} Further earthworks recorded in and around the village include boundaries, buildings, a pond, ridge and furrow and hollow ways. {9} During an excavation and a watching brief, a scatter of fourteenth to sixteenth century pottery was recorded (formerly 43963). {10}{11} Trial trenching at land adjacent to Croft House (TF 23493 82955) revealed pits containing early medieval pottery (PRN 40728a) and the course of a palaeochannel which silted up during medieval or post medieval times and was then used as a trackway (PRN 40728b). {12}{13}

Sources/Archives (13)

  •  Bibliographic Reference: C.W. Foster and T. Longley. 1924. Lincolnshire Domesday and Lindsey Survey. 14/50.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Kenneth Cameron. 1998. A Dictionary of Lincolnshire Place-Names. page 38.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Graham Platts. 1985. Land and People in Medieval Lincolnshire. page 306.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Gerald A.J. Hodgett. 1975. Tudor Lincolnshire. page 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. page 42.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: William Page (ed). 1906. The Victoria County History: Lincolnshire - Volume 2. page 369.
  •  Index: SMR FILE. DONINGTON ON BAIN. TF 28 SW Z,1977, -.
  •  Verbal Communication: Lott, B.. Information from Beryl Lott. 18/01/2000.
  •  Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. LI.217.1.1-9.
  •  Report: City of Lincoln Archaeology Unit. March 2001. 'Poacher's Paddock', Main Road/Station Road, Donington on Bain. DOBA98.
  •  Archive: City of Lincoln Archaeology Unit. March 2001. 'Poacher's Paddock', Main Road/Station Road, Donington on Bain. LCNCC 279.98.
  •  Report: Lindsey Archaeological Services. 2006. Land Adjacent to Croft House, Main Road, Donington on Bain: Archaeological Evaluation. MRDB 06.
  •  Archive: Lindsey Archaeological Services. 2006. Land Adjacent to Croft House, Main Road, Donington on Bain: Archaeological Evaluation. LCNCC 2006.95.

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Grid reference Centred TF 2357 8303 (691m by 516m)
Civil Parish DONINGTON ON BAIN, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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