Monument record MLI42448 - South Ormsby Shrunken Medieval Village

Summary

The shrunken medieval village of South Ormsby.

Type and Period (5)

  • (Medieval to Modern - 1066 AD to 2050 AD)
  • (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)

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  • None recorded

Full Description

South Ormsby is first mentioned in the Domesday Book. The name is thought to derive from the Old Danish personal name 'Orm' and word 'by', meaning 'Orm's farmstead'. Land there was owned by the Archbishop of York, Earl Hugh and Norman de Arci. For the Archbishop of York, 'there is soke(land) of this manor, half a carucate of land (assessed) to the geld. There is land for 6 oxen. There is there 1 sokeman and 1 villein with half a team, and 20 acres of meadow.' For Earl Hugh, 'Godric had 3 carucates of land (assessed) to the geld. There is land for 4 teams. Hugh, the Earl's man, has 2 teams there (in demesne), and 7 villeins and 1 bordar and 11 sokemen having 2 teams, and 1 mill rendering 32 pence, and 80 acres of meadow. Tempore Regis Edwardi (before 1066) it was worth 70 shillings; now 4 pounds. For Norman de Arci, 'Edric and Gamel had 2.5 carucates of land (assessed) to the geld. There is land for 3.5 teams. Herbert, Norman's man, has 1 team there (in demesne), and 5 sokemen and 3 villeins and 1 bordar with 1 team, and 70 acres of meadow. Tempore Regis Edwardi (before 1066) it was worth 40 shillings; now the like amount. {1}{2} The Lay Subsidy of 1334 lists the settlement's wealth as £3 10s 3.75d, above average for its wapentake (Hill). {3} The Poll Tax returns of 1377 record the number of taxpayers at this time as 80. {4} The Diocesan Return of 1563 records 30 households in the parish. {5} 27 families were recorded as living in the parish by the late 17th century. This had fallen to 24 families by the early 18th century. {6} Notable residents of the village in 1856 are listed in White's Directory. 261 souls were recorded as being in the parish at this time. {7} Earthwork remains of the shrunken medieval settlement have been noted on aerial photography, all around the modern village. {8}{9}{10} A trial trench was excavated in 1954, through the earthwork remains of a small, circular mound to the east of the modern village (PRN 42448a - TF 374 754). The mound was thought to represent the remains of a former steading, and sherds of 13th century medieval pottery were recovered from underneath a large worked stone with carved decoration in relief. The pottery is now in Lincoln Museum. {11}{12}{13} Further sherds of medieval and post-medieval pottery were collected from the same area in 1972, during the cutting of a new drain. The cutting exposed what were thought likely to be occupation areas, and further earthworks of croft boundary banks were noted in the field. {14} A magnetometry survey was carried out in 2019 in parts of South Ormsby Park which identified linear features which could possibly be medieval boundaries associated with extant medieval earthworks relating to South Ormsby Shrunken Medieval Village. {15}

Sources/Archives (16)

  •  Report: Phase Site Investigations Ltd. 2018. Manor farm, South Omsby. Geophysical Survey.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: C.W. Foster and T. Longley. 1924. Lincolnshire Domesday and Lindsey Survey. 2/22, 13/41, 32/31.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Kenneth Cameron. 1998. A Dictionary of Lincolnshire Place-Names. pp.94-5.
  •  Article in Serial: R.E. Glasscock. 1964. 'The Lay Subsidy of 1334 for Lincolnshire' in Lincolnshire Architectural and Archaeological Society Reports and Papers. vol.10.2, p.130.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Graham Platts. 1985. Land and People in Medieval Lincolnshire. p.307.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Gerald A.J. Hodgett. 1975. Tudor Lincolnshire. p.194.
  •  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. p.93.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: William White. 1856. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire (Second Edition). pp.729-30.
  •  Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. TF3575, TF3675, TF 3775: LI.21.1.1-16.
  •  Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946-71. RAF POST WAR COLLECTION. CPE:UK 3221 (1946); CPE:UK 3222 (1948).
  •  Aerial Photograph: InnerVisions Aerial Photography. 1993->. InnerVisions Aerial Photographs. 359/0701/5.
  •  Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Sites and Monuments Record Card Index. TF 37 NE: J.
  •  Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Card Index. TF 37 NE: 16.
  •  Artefact: City and County Museum Collection. LCNCC 1976.258.
  •  Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Sites and Monuments Record Card Index. TF 37 NE: U.
  •  Report: Allen Archaeology Ltd. 2019. Geophysical Survey by Magnetometry on Land at the South Ormsby Hall Esate, South Ormsby. AAL site code: SOHP18.

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Grid reference Centred TF 367 752 (1819m by 588m) Estimated from sources
Civil Parish SOUTH ORMSBY CUM KETSBY, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Jan 23 2023 3:22PM

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