Monument record MLI41489 - Bilsby Deserted Medieval Village
Summary
The deserted medieval village of Bilsby.
Type and Period (3)
- DESERTED SETTLEMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SETTLEMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
The deserted medieval village of Bilsby. The village is mentioned in 1086. {1}
Beresford lists it under 'Small villages which once had a parish church but now have to worship elsewhere' {2}
Medieval pottery was found in 1929, during the construction of a swimming pool, in the grounds of Bilsby Hall. {3}
The area around 'Bilsby Hall Camp' was previously scheduled as SAM 181, though was descheduled in 1989. It was listed as:
A rectangular enclosure formed by a complicated series of banks up to 6ft high and about 100 yards square. On the east, the bank is 2ft high and 40ft wide. A bank 4ft high with a ditch on its north side runs from the north-east corner of the enclosure in an easterly direction - it is 36ft across. The rectangular enclosure is divided by a north to south aligned ditch and the western half is most uneven and must contain manu buried walls. The land is now pasture with a few large trees. The owner said he has dug as a boy in one of the mounds and the British Museum identified the pottery as Roman. {4}
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SLI893 Bibliographic Reference: C.W. Foster and T. Longley. 1924. Lincolnshire Domesday and Lindsey Survey. PLXXVII.
- <2> SLI2344 Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Card Index. TF 47 NE: 8.
- <3> SLI2881 Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Sites and Monuments Record Card Index. TF 47 NE: F.
- <4> SLI4083 Scheduling Record: HBMC. 1967. AM 7. SAM 181.
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Location
Grid reference | Centred TF 4682 7638 (872m by 774m) |
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Civil Parish | BILSBY, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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