Monument record MLI50527 - Cold Hanworth Deserted Settlement
Summary
Medieval settlement and cultivation remains at Cold Hanworth.
Type and Period (2)
- DESERTED SETTLEMENT (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- FIELD SYSTEM (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
Full Description
Cold Hanworth was clearly always a smaller than average settlement and seems never to have recovered from a late 14th century decline and perhaps subsequent enclosure. Though two shared entries with Hackthorn in Domesday prevent a precise calculation of minimum recorded population in 1086, it was almost certainly at least as high as the level in the early 14th century. It was nevertheless listed separately rather than as a dependency in 1316. The 15th century apparently saw little recovery. The survey of depopulations in 1607 recorded that Robert Grantham had enclosed 26 acres for pasture, but slightly earlier glebe terriers appear to show much of the parish in closes already. The west half of the site was levelled and ploughed after 1963, but the pattern of the former earthworks can be reconstructed from aerial photographs and Ordnance Survey mapping. The axis of the village seems to have been around an apparently east to west meandering hollow way. Settlement closes defined by ditches occur on either side. A possible disjunction between the east and west parts of the remains suggests the possibility that the west part marks an expansion, probably planned, from a core focussed on the church. To the east of the church, two dwellings in small closes lying outside the main area of earthworks are marked on the tithe and drainage maps of 1842 and 1848, but not on OS maps of 1883-8. These early maps also suggest an east to west way along the north side of the churchyard, perhaps a back lane similar to that on the south. To the south-west of Church Farm, the ridge and furrow has been damaged by later earthworks. Together with Church Farm, these are away from the main core of the old village and possibly represent relatively late activity. {1}{2}{3}{4}{5}
The scheduling includes the full extent of the surviving earthworks and part of the associated field system of Cold Hanworth. {6}
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SLI2447 Index: OS CARD INDEX. COLD HANWORTH. TF 08 SW:3,1963, HARPER F R.
- <2> SLI2966 Index: SMR FILE. COLD HANWORTH. TF 08 SW:H,1981, TMA.
- <3> SLI1063 Bibliographic Reference: P.L. Everson, C.C. Taylor and C.J. Dunn. 1991. Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire. pp.17, 38, 93, fig.70, archive notes.
- <4> SLI175 Aerial Photograph: J.K.S. St Joseph. 1945-79. Cambridge University Collection. LI 5-11,1953, .
- <5> SLI3613 Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. TF0383: LI.527.2.1-2,1994,.
- <6> SLI5502 Scheduling Record: English Heritage. 1999. Scheduling document 22759. MPP 22.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 0355 8326 (678m by 507m) Estimated from sources |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | COLD HANWORTH, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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