Monument record MLI41489 - Bilsby Deserted Medieval Village

Summary

The deserted medieval village of Bilsby.

Type and Period (3)

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)

  •  Bibliographic Reference: C.W. Foster and T. Longley. 1924. Lincolnshire Domesday and Lindsey Survey. PLXXVII.
  •  Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Card Index. TF 47 NE: 8.
  •  Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Sites and Monuments Record Card Index. TF 47 NE: F.
  •  Scheduling Record: HBMC. 1967. AM 7. SAM 181.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred TF 4682 7638 (872m by 774m)
Civil Parish BILSBY, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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