Monument record MLI51121 - The settlement of Fillingham

Summary

Fillingham has its first recorded origins in Domesday and survives to the present day.

Type and Period (4)

  • (Medieval to Modern - 1066 AD to 2050 AD)
  • (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Post Medieval - 900 AD? to 1900 AD)

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PRN 51121 incorporates the now deleted record PRN 54009, 54240 The name Fillingham is first recorded in Domesday and means 'the homestead or estate of fyglingas' fyglingas is from the Old English and is a group name meaning fygla's family or dependants. {1} Domesday records a population of approximately 55.{2} In 1303 there was a charter given to Hugh Bardolf for a market on Wednesday and two annual fairs, one in June and another in late October/November. {3} The settlement of Fillingham appears with a very large population in the 11th century and suffered little, or recovered rapidly from the reversals of the 14th and 15th centuries. There was a decline in the later 17th century and through recovered to 55 households at the beginning of the 18th century, note was made of the 'ruins' which show the town to have been much larger than it is now. Field evidence exists for ploughed earthworks as the east end of the village at SK949 860 (51121a) and SK949 858 (51121b), and for fragmentary earthworks in closes at the west end at SK9445 8580 (51121c), and perhaps in pasture north and south of the lake. Indeed the position of the lake cottage and the manor house to the north of the lake suggests that the water may cover part of the former much larger village area. {4} An evaluation at Church Farm, SK9470 8580 (51121d), revealed a number of extensive medieval features in the form of ditches, these contained pottery up to the later 12th century. Whilst some of the ditches may represent field boundaries, their density and the variety in the form suggests that a degree of complexity is present. A stone pathway later than the stone ditches was also recorded. Post medieval remains recorded include footings and demolition layers. Sixteenth-twentieth century pottery was recovered from across the site. Ditches and pits were also recorded. {6}{7} An excavation at SK9454 8580 recovered 12th-15th century pottery (51121e).{9} During trial trenching at SK9453 8580 a series of undated features were recorded although it is though that they date somewhere between the late Saxon period and late medieval period. These consist of a posthole alighnment, which may indicate a post fence and three pits, one containing some small fragments of fired clay or daub. A series of dates pits were also recorded, these are dated to the late Saxon to medieval period. Pottery from the 9th -12th centuries was recovered from these features. A later pit containing post-medieval brick and 12th-18th century was also recorded (51121f). {11}{12} A watching brief at SK9473 8575 was undertaken during groundworks. A pit dated to 13th-15th century by the pottery within it, was uncovered (51121g). {13} {14} A watching brief was undertaken at Chapel Road (SK 94535 85800). A single undated pit filled with animal bone (PRN 51121h) was encountered. The pit probably functioned as a rubbish pit. No further evidence for Saxon or medieval activity was identified. Unstratified post medieval (17th-20th century date) pottery was also recovered (PRN51121i).

Sources/Archives (15)

  •  Bibliographic Reference: Kenneth Cameron. 1998. A Dictionary of Lincolnshire Place-Names. page44.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: C.W. Foster and T. Longley. 1924. Lincolnshire Domesday and Lindsey Survey. 16/43; 26/11,12,24; 68/31; L2/11,20-21.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: P.L. Everson, C.C. Taylor and C.J. Dunn. 1991. Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire. pviii,Fig21;ARCHIVE NOTES.
  •  Aerial Photograph: COLE, C.. 1993-2002. InnerVisions Business Presentations. 159/0397/25A,1997, .
  •  Report: AOC Archaeology. Sep 1997. An archaeological evaluation at Church Farm, Fillingham. CFF97.
  •  Archive: AOC Archaeology. Sep 1997. An archaeological evaluation at Church Farm, Fillingham. LCNCC 196.97.
  •  Aerial Photograph: COLE, C.. 1993-2002. InnerVisions Business Presentations. 203/0997/5,1997, .
  •  Report: The University of Sheffield. 2000. The Fillingham Project: Excavations at Chapel Road, Volumes 1-3. FRC00, Volume 2.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). pages276-7.
  •  Report: Archaeological Project Services. 2003. Land at Chapel Road, Fillingham. FCR02.
  •  Archive: Archaeological Project Services. 2003. Land at Chapel Road, Fillingham. LCNCC:2003.10.
  •  Report: Lindsey Archaeological Services. Apr 2004. Watching brief at Church Farm, High Street, Fillingham. FCF02.
  •  Archive: Lindsey Archaeological Services. Apr 2004. Watching brief at Church Farm, High Street, Fillingham. LCNCC 2002.482.
  •  Report: Archaeological Project Services. 2006. Archaeological Watching Brief at Chapel Road, Fillingham. FCR06.
  •  Archive: Archaeological Project Services. 2006. Archaeological Watching Brief at Chapel Road, Fillingham. LCNCC 2006.39.

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Grid reference Centred SK 9464 8586 (1200m by 790m) Centre
Civil Parish FILLINGHAM, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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