Monument record MLI50511 - Settlement of Friesthorpe

Summary

The settlement of Friesthorpe is first mentioned in the Domesday Book and survives to the present.

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Full Description

Friesthorpe is first mentioned in the Domesday Book. The name is thought to derive from the Old English word 'Frisa' and Old Danish word 'thorp', meaning 'the secondary settlement of the Frisians'. Land there was owned by Colsuain: 'In Freisetorp there are 3 carucates of land (assessed) to the geld. There is land for 3 teams. It is soke(land) belonging to Ingeham (7 bovates) and Felingeham (17 bovates). 10 sokemen and 3 bordars have 3 teams there, and 50 acres of meadow, and 20 acres of underwood.' The early 12th century Lindsey Survey states that land here was owned by Robert de Haia (7 bovates, held by William son of Anschetil), and by Saint Mary of Lincoln (2 carucates and 1 bovate, held by Nigel). {1}{2}{3} Friesthorpe is mentioned in a charter of 1329. Remains of the shrunken medieval settlement survive principally as intact earthworks forming a rectangular block around the Church of St Peter, and outlined on all sides by ridge and furrow. Though internal details require survey, this may indicate a planend layout following late manorialisation. The settlement lacks conventional fiscal documentation through the Middle Ages: it was evidently never large but was still occupied in the 16th century, with 11 taxpayers in 1544 and 55 communicants in 1603. There was a sharp decline in the later 17th century that may have been associated with pre-Parliamentary Enclosure. Later new buildings were either farms out in the parish or clung to the fringe of the earlier core. {4}{5}{6}{7}{8}{9} 11 families were recorded as living in the parish by the late 17th. This falls to 8 families by the early 18th century. {10} Notable residents of the village in 1856 are listed in White's Directory. 62 souls were recorded as being in the parish at this time. {11} The remains of a probable post-medieval refuse pit was recorded in November 2016, during archaeological monitoring at Red Beech Cottage, Church Lane. A fragment from an 18th or early 19th century wine bottle was recovered from the pit's fill, indicating the likely date for the origin of this feature. A single rib bone from a large mammal type animal was also recovered, along with a post-medieval iron nail and a small assemblage of post-medieval pottery, comprised of a variety of earthenwares and finewares, typical of the late 17th to early 19th centuries. {12}{13}

Sources/Archives (13)

  •  Bibliographic Reference: C.W. Foster and T. Longley. 1924. Lincolnshire Domesday and Lindsey Survey. 26/11, L3/4, L3/6.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Kenneth Cameron. 1998. A Dictionary of Lincolnshire Place-Names. p.46.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Ekwall, E.. 1960. Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names - Fourth Edition. p.188.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: P.L. Everson, C.C. Taylor and C.J. Dunn. 1991. Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire. p.9, archive notes.
  •  Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Sites and Monuments Record Card Index. TF 08 SE: O.
  •  Article in Serial: Catherine M. Wilson. 1971. 'Archaeological notes, 1970' in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. vol.6, p.14.
  •  Aerial Photograph: HAYES, J.T.. 1953-87. RCHM. -,1970, .
  •  Aerial Photograph: Paul Everson. 1975-90. RCHM. 2954/13, 1978.
  •  Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. TF0783: 518.1.1-2.
  •  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.159.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: William White. 1856. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire - Second Edition. p.151.
  •  Report: Allen Archaeology Ltd. 2016. Red Beech Cottage, Church Lane, Friesthorpe. AAL site code: FRCL 16.
  •  Archive: Allen Archaeology Ltd. 2016. Red Beech Cottage, Church Lane, Friesthorpe. LCNCC 2016.142.

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Grid reference Centred TF 0725 8336 (412m by 451m) Estimated from sources
Civil Parish FRIESTHORPE, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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