Monument record MLI50534 - Gilby Deserted Medieval Settlement, Pilham

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Gilby deserted medieval settlement and cultivation remains, Pilham.

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THE EARTHWORKS OF THE DESERTED VILLAGE OF GILBY MAY REPRESENT ONLY THE SOUTHERN FRINGE OF A SETTLEMENT WHOSE PLACE-NAME, INTERESTINGLY, CONTAINS A SCANDINAVIAN PERSONAL NAME OF IRISH ORIGIN, WHICH MAY BE RELEVANT TO THE NORWEGIAN SETTLEMENT OF THIS AREA. THE FIRST REFERENCE TO GILBY IS IN 1138-9. THE SETTLEMENT IS NAMED AS A JUNIOR PARTNER TO PILHAM AND RETURNED WITH PILHAM IN THE LAY SUBSIDIES OF THE EARLY C14. THEREAFTER IT IS NOT SEPARATELY RECORDED IN TAXATION LISTS OR POPULATION STATISTICS. IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE C15 THE TOURNAYS OF CAENBY RENTED LAND AT GILBY BUT HELD NO DWELLINGS THERE. THAT THERE WAS AT LEAST ONE RESIDENT IS SUGGESTED BY THE NAME OF 'RICARDUS WARTON DE GYLBE' RECORDED IN 1431. IN 1616 FOUR HOLDERS OF MESSUAGES ARE LISTED; IN ADDITION THERE WERE SEVEN TOFTS UNTENANTED OR WITHOUT COTTAGES AND ONE CALLED 'THE TOWN HOUSE'. CONTINUED OCCUPATION IS EVIDENCED BY WILLS AND INVENTORIES OF THE C17 AND EARLY C18. GILBY IS SHOWN AS A SETTLEMENT ON ARMSTRONG'S MAP OF 1776-8 AND AN EARLY C19 ESTATE MAP DEPICTS TWO GROUPS OF BUILDINGS, ONE THE PRESENT FARM. WHITE'S DIRECTORY IN 1842 NOTES THAT 'THE PARISH INCLUDES THE HAMLET OF GILBY (NOW ONLY ONE FARM)', THE SITUATION AS IT REMAINS TODAY. THE FORMER SETTLEMENT IS NOW REPRESENTED IN PART BY EARTHWORKS AND IN PART BY THE SURVIVING FARM, ITS YARD AND COTTAGES. THE EARTHWORKS COMPRISE A NORTH-SOUTH HOLLOW-WAY AND A SERIES OF PERHAPS FOUR SUB- RECTANGULAR PLOTS ALONG ITS WEST SIDE, MAKING A SINGLE-ROW ARRANGEMENT. THE EXISTING FARMHOUSE MAY HAVE OCCUPIED THE NEXT PLOT TO THE NORTH. THE MARKED NARROWING OF THE SOUTHERNMOST PLOT, TOGETHER WITH ITS AWKWARD RELATIONSHIP TO THE RIDGE AND FURROW ON THE WEST, MAY INDICATE THAT THE WHOLE GROUP FORMED AN EXTENSION TO THE MAIN CORE OF A SETTLEMENT WHICH LAY NORTH OF THE FARM. ALL THE EARTHWORKS TO THE EAST OF THE HOLLOW-WAY OVERLIE RIDGE AND FURROW AND ARE LATE FEATURES; A BUILDING AND YARD ARE SHOWN ON THE EARLY C19 ESTATE MAP AND SURVIVE AS EARTHWORKS. {1}{2}{3} ST JOSEPH APs OF 1955 SHOW RIDGE AND FURROW SURROUNDING THE EARTHWORKS ON ALL SIDES, INCLUDING TO THE NORTH OF THE SURVIVING FARM. IT SEEMS LIKELY THEREFORE THAT THE EXTANT REMAINS REPRESENT THE WHOLE SETTLEMENT. {4} The earthwork remains of the village, and some of the surrounding ridge and furrow, are visible in aerial photographs. {5}{6}{7} The scheduling includes the full extent of the the surviving remains of the village, and the only surviving parts of the once extensive area of medieval open fields. {8} An area of ridge and furrow northeast of the village, recorded as part of NMP, has been levelled through arable cultivation. {9}

Sources/Archives (9)

  •  Index: OS CARD INDEX. PILHAM. SK 89 SE:2,1964, FEATHERSTON K J A.
  •  Index: SMR FILE. PILHAM. SK 89 SE:C -.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: P.L. Everson, C.C. Taylor and C.J. Dunn. 1991. Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire. p15,40,152;Fig111;ARCHIVE.
  •  Aerial Photograph: J.K.S. St Joseph. 1945-79. Cambridge University Collection. PG 37-40,1955, .
  •  Aerial Photograph: 1945-84. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION. AWR91,1969, .
  •  Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. SK8693:LI.684.2.1-2,1995, .
  •  Aerial Photograph: COLE, C.. 1993-2002. InnerVisions Business Presentations. 154/1296/17,18,1996, .
  •  Scheduling Record: English Heritage. 1999. Scheduling document 22758. MPP 22.
  •  Website: Google. 2006->. Google Maps and Street View. www.google.co.uk/maps.

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Grid reference Centred SK 8646 9313 (254m by 333m) Estimated from Sources
Civil Parish PILHAM, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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