MLI50282 - Moated manor at Buslingthorpe - Lincolnshire Heritage Explorer

Monument record MLI50282 - Moated manor at Buslingthorpe

Summary

Medieval moated manor site at Manor Farm.

Type and Period (1)

MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

Scheduled Monument 1018686: Buslingthorpe medieval village remains

Full Description

THE SITE OF THE MANOR OF BUSLINGTHORPE LIES IN THE CENTRE OF THE DMV. THE DESMESNE OF ROBERT DE TODENI'S MANOR IN 1086 WAS TENANTED BY BERENGER AND ROBERT DE INSULA'S ESTATE IN ABOUT 1115 BY THAT BUSELINUS WHO APPARENTLY GAVE HIS NAME TO THE SETTLEMENT. IT MAY BE THAT THE CREATION OF A SUBSTANTIAL MOATED RESIDENCE SET WITHIN A CLEARLY DEFINED RECTANGULAR AREA, AND PERHAPS THE FOUNDATION OR REBUILDING OF THE CHURCH, AND THE REPLANNING OF THE SETTLEMENT IN A REGULAR MANNER WERE THE REASONS BEHIND SUCH A RENAMING. DOCUMNETARY EVIDENCE FOR THESE EVENTS IS TOTALLY ABSENT, BUT THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE AT LEAST GIVES THE THEORY SOME SUBSTANCE. IT WAS LATER HELD BY THE BUSLINGTHORPE FAMILY, AND LATER STILL BY THE TYRWHITTS. THE ROUGHLY RECTANGULAR AREA OF A MANORIAL BLOCK IS DEFINED IN THE EARTHWORKS BY VILLAGE STREETS TO THE NORTH, SOUTH AND WEST. IN ITS CENTRE AN INNER MOATED ECNLOSURE, SUB-RECTANGULAR IN PLAN, IS PARTLY OCCUPIED BY THE PRESENT FARM. THE MOAT IS UP TO 2.5M DEEP AND WATER-FILLED ON THE NORTH, WEST AND EAST, AND IS SHOWN IN A SIMILAR CONDITION ON THE TITHE MAP OF 1841. {2}, HTM 24M The monument is scheduled as a medieval village and takes the form of a series of substantial earthworks extending to both sides of the modern road. At the centre of this area on the north side of the road, are the remains of a medieval moated site now partly occupied by Manor Farm. {12}

Sources/Archives (12)

<1> SLI2426 Index: OS CARD INDEX. BUSLINGTHORPE. TF 08 NE 6 -.
<2> SLI1063 Bibliographic Reference: P.L. Everson, C.C. Taylor and C.J. Dunn. 1991. Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire. PP15,16,29,42,48-9,82-4.
<3> SLI1063 Bibliographic Reference: P.L. Everson, C.C. Taylor and C.J. Dunn. 1991. Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire. FIG62, 63.
<4> SLI1062 Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). P202.
<5> SLI175 Aerial Photograph: J.K.S. St Joseph. 1945-79. Cambridge University Collection. LH94-5,1953, .
<6> SLI196 Aerial Photograph: Paul Everson. 1975-90. RCHM. 2950/16,1980, .
<7> SLI150 Aerial Photograph: Paul Everson. 1975-90. RCHM. 2950/17,1980, .
<8> SLI178 Aerial Photograph: LUCK, G.. 1993-97. GORDON LUCK COLLECTION. 2C32,1993, .
<9> SLI3751 Photograph: 1980. PARISH FILE. BUSLINGTHORPE. RCHM ANNUAL REVIEW 1986-7.
<10> SLI3613 Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. TF0885:LI.517.1.1,1994, .
<11> SLI181 Aerial Photograph: COLE, C.. 1993-2002. InnerVisions Business Presentations. 166/0497/(F)25,1997, .
<12> SLI5391 Scheduling Record: English Heritage. 1999. Scheduling document 22746. MPP 22.

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Grid reference	Centred TF 0801 8519 (133m by 169m) Estimated from sources
Civil Parish	BUSLINGTHORPE, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Event - Survey: Field observation, Buslingthorpe DMV (ELI650)

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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