Monument record MLI42529 - The Lost Hamlet of Tothby near Alford

Summary

Site of the lost hamlet of Tothby near Alford.

Type and Period (6)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

The lost hamlet of Tothby is mentioned in the Domesday Book and was still in existence in 1565. The moated manor house survives as a farmhouse. The published moat is now no more than a pond connected to the steam by a ditch contemporary with the adjacent ridge and furrow. {1}{2}{3}{4} Earthworks of former tofts, crofts, ponds and ridge and furrow were identified on aerial photographs. {5}{6} Traces of medieval ridge and furrow were recorded at the southern end of the site in November 2014, during magnetometry survey of land off Tothby Lane (PRN 42529a - TF 4462 7621). The remains were identified as a series of parallel linear magnetic anomalies, aligned on a roughly north-west to south-east axis. {7}

Sources/Archives (7)

  •  Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Sites and Monuments Record Card Index. TF 47 NW: K.
  •  Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Card Index. TF 47 NW: 6.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: C.W. Foster and T. Longley. 1924. Lincolnshire Domesday and Lindsey Survey. vol.19, pp.LXVIII.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: BERESFORD, M.W. AND HURST, J.G.. 1971. DESERTED MEDIEVAL VILLAGES. p.195.
  •  Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946-71. RAF POST WAR COLLECTION. 3G:TUD:UK; 5349-50, 1946.
  •  Aerial Photograph: 1945-84. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION. BOR 107.
  •  Report: Pre-Construct Geophysics. 2014. Land off Tothby Lane, Alford. -.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred TF 4447 7649 (583m by 799m) Estimated from sources
Civil Parish ALFORD, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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