MLI50524 - Buslingthorpe DMV - Lincolnshire Heritage Explorer

Monument record MLI50524 - Buslingthorpe DMV

Summary

The deserted medieval settlement of Buslingthorpe.

Type and Period (2)

DESERTED SETTLEMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
SETTLEMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

Scheduled Monument 1018686: Buslingthorpe medieval village remains

Full Description

THE VILLAGE OF BUSLINGTHORPE CHANGED ITS NAME IN THE TWELFTH CENTURY DURING THE TENANCY OF BUSELINUS. IN THE LATE ELEVENTH AND EARLY TWELFTH CENTURY IT APPEARS AS ESETHORP AND EASTHORP, THE FIRST ELEMENT BEING EITHER A PERSONAL NAME OR A RIVER NAME. THE MANOR OF ESETHORP IS RECORDED IN 1086 WITH A MINIMUM POPULATION OF 14 HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS. THE IMPACT OF THE BLACK DEATH WAS CONSIDERABLE, BUT THE SETTLEMENT RECOVERED QUICKLY. THERE WAS DECLINE IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. THE REMAINS OF THE VILLAGE ARE ARRANGED ON THREE SIDES OF THE MANORIAL BLOCK, THE EAST SIDE OF WHICH WAS PLOUGHED IN 1969. {1}{2}{3}{4}{5}{6}, HTM 23 M The monument is scehduled as earthwork and buried remains of the medieval village of Buslingthorpe. The core of the village is a subrectangular area, delineated by the remains of hollow ways, across the southern part of which the present road passes. {10}

Sources/Archives (10)

<1> SLI2426 Index: OS CARD INDEX. BUSLINGTHORPE. TF 08 NE:6,1963, HARPER F R.
<2> SLI2942 Index: SMR FILE. BUSLINGTHORPE. TF 08 NE:H,1976, AJW.
<3> SLI1063 Bibliographic Reference: P.L. Everson, C.C. Taylor and C.J. Dunn. 1991. Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire. P35-8,42,45,84-5;ARCHIVE.
<4> SLI175 Aerial Photograph: J.K.S. St Joseph. 1945-79. Cambridge University Collection. LH 94-5,1953, .
<5> SLI178 Aerial Photograph: LUCK, G.. 1993-97. GORDON LUCK COLLECTION. 2C32,1995, .
<6> SLI3613 Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. TF0785:LI.517.1.1-13,1994, .
<7> SLI196 Aerial Photograph: Paul Everson. 1975-90. RCHM. 2950/16,1980, .
<8> SLI150 Aerial Photograph: Paul Everson. 1975-90. RCHM. 2950/17,1980, .
<9> SLI181 Aerial Photograph: COLE, C.. 1993-2002. InnerVisions Business Presentations. 166/0497/22,(F)25,1997, .
<10> SLI5391 Scheduling Record: English Heritage. 1999. Scheduling document 22746. MPP 22.

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Grid reference	Centred TF 0802 8503 (475m by 592m)
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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