Monument record MLI42802 - Settlement of Great Carlton

Summary

The settlement of Great Carlton was founded in the Anglo-Saxon period and exists to the present day.

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Full Description

Great Carlton is referred to in the Domesday Survey as Magna Carleton. The name Carlton derives from the Old English Ceorlatun meaning the village of the free peasants, from the word ceorl meaning free peasant. {1} In the Lindsey Survey undertaken in 1115, Great Carlton is combined with Castle Carlton. Ansgot of Burwell had 4 carucates. Robert de Haia had 6 bovates between Great Carlton and Somercotes. {2} A market was granted to Great Carlton in 1275. {3} In 1334 the Lay subsidy for Great Carlton and Castle Carlton was £3 13s 4d which was average for Louthesk wapentake, implying that it had average prosperity for the area. {4} In the 1377 Poll Tax there were 80 tax payers registered for Great Carlton and Castle Carlton. {5} In 1563 there was 36 households in Great Carlton. {6} In the early 18th century there was a population of 39 families in Carlton Magna. {7} In 1801 the population was 202, rising to 352 in 1841 and falling again to 237. {8} A clipped silver half-penny of Edward II was found in the garden of The Paddock, Great Carlton (PRN 42802a - TF 4088 8541). The coin was thought to date to 1312. {9} Earthworks were observed on aerial photographs as part of the national mapping programme. These include: Fishponds (PRN 42802b - TF 4053 8532) Tofts (PRN 42802c-e - TF 4133 8548, TF 4124 8538 and TF 4107 8529) Crofts (PRN 42802f-g - TF 4118 8552 and TF 4101 8532) Building platforms (PRN 42802h - TF 4117 8536). {10} Additional earthworks of likely medieval activity were identified during further analysis of aerial photography, including: Ridge and furrow (PRN 42802i-l - TF 4106 8537, TF 4066 8559, TF 4138 8508 and TF 4086 8549) Hollow ways and possible house site (PRN 42802m - TF 4099 8528). {11} Some of the earthworks previously identified by analysis of aerial photography (those at PRN 42802m) were investigated in greater detail in 1998, when an earthwork survey was conducted to inform proposed development on land to the east of Spring Farm. The survey recorded the hollow ways as a number of north to south and east to west aligned linear depressions, which define at least four visible platforms on the site. Less intensive investigation of the surrounding area recovered a single sherd of medieval pottery from a patch of disturbed ground, to the immediate west of the proposed development site. {12} Subsequent trial trenching on land to the east of Spring Farm resolved all of the suspected building platforms in this location as being of natural origin, created by the erosion of the hollow ways. The remains of four silted up ditches were, however, revealed underneath one of the platforms, three of which ran parallel to each other on a north-west to south-east axis. All of the ditches could be seen to drain into the adjacent hollow ways and almost certainly formed part of the early post-medieval water management system in this area. Abundant domestic waste was recovered from the fill of one of the ditches, including 15th to 17th century pottery, brick and tile fragments, animal bone and a range of environmental information. Whilst the other ditches were not fully investigated, it was clear that they contained significantly less material, although fragments of possible 16th century brick were recovered from their fills. The differing quantities of material could suggest that the ditches were not all open at the same time, or were selectively used for domestic waste disposal. {13}{14} An extensive scatter of 12th to 18th century pottery was noted on the field surface in 2002 and 2003, on land to the immediate north of the stream at Great Carlton (PRN 42802n - TF 4130 8543). The scatter occupies the site of a former house which was reportedly still standing in 1968 but was demolished shortly afterwards. An additional, though lesser scatter of similar material was also identified a short distance to the north-west (PRN 42802o - TF 4124 8547). This scatter was recovered from the vicinity of a possible ditched enclosure, previously identified on aerial photography as an area of cropmarks. {15}{16} Fourteen sherds of 13th to 18th century pottery were recovered in 2003, during the archaeological monitoring of the construction of a new sewerage system centred around Great Carlton (PRN 42802p - TF 4138 8539). The assemblage was dominated by fragments of medieval Toynton and Bolingbroke wares. {17}{18}

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  •  Bibliographic Reference: Kenneth Cameron. 1998. A Dictionary of Lincolnshire Place-Names. pp.28-9.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: C.W. Foster and T. Longley. 1924. Lincolnshire Domesday and Lindsey Survey. L18/3,15.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Graham Platts. 1985. Land and People in Medieval Lincolnshire. p.299, 306.
  •  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.306.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Gerald A.J. Hodgett. 1975. Tudor Lincolnshire. p.195.
  •  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.30.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: William Page (ed). 1906. The Victoria County History: Lincolnshire - Volume 2. p.371.
  •  Verbal Communication: Mr. Reetham R.M.. 1992. Information Provided by Mr. Reetham. -.
  •  Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme.
  •  Aerial Photograph: OS. 1971. OS. 71/089 133, 1971.
  •  Report: Archaeological Project Services. 1998. Dest-Top Assessment and Earthwork Survey of Land East of Spring Farm, Great Carlton. APS site code: GCS98.
  •  Report: Pre-Construct Archaeology (Lincoln). 1998. Land East of Spring Farm, Great Carlton. PCA site code: SGC98.
  •  Archive: Pre-Construct Archaeology (Lincoln). 1998. Land East of Spring Farm, Great Carlton. LCNCC 249.98.
  •  Report: Lindsey Archaeological Services. 2003. Lincolnshire Section 101A Schemes: The Carltons/Gayton le Marsh/South Reston Proposed Pipelines and Pumping Station. LAS site code: MGM02.
  •  Archive: Lindsey Archaeological Services. 2003. Lincolnshire Section 101A Scheme: The Carltons/Gayton le Marsh/South Reston Proposed Pipelines and Pumping Station. LCNCC 2002.495.
  •  Report: Lindsey Archaeological Services. 2004. Lincolnshire Section 101A Schemes: The Carltons/Gayton le Marsh/South Reston Proposed Pipelines and Pumping Station. LAS site code: MGM03.
  •  Archive: Lindsey Archaeological Services. 2004. Lincolnshire Section 101A Schemes: The Carltons/Gayton le Marsh/South Reston Proposed Pipelines and Pumping Station. LCNCC 2003.358.

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Grid reference Centred TF 4074 8516 (1282m by 1072m)
Civil Parish GREAT CARLTON, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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