Monument record MLI51293 - Deserted Medieval Settlement, Northorpe

Summary

The site of a deserted medieval settlement, to the north-west of Northorpe.

Type and Period (2)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

A deserted settlement site, 600m to the northiwest of Northorpe church. It lies in a field named 'Collin Croft' on the 1839 Tithe Award map, and is completely undocumented. Its earthworks were largely destroyed between 1956 and 1969, probably after 1964. Field walking in 1977 located scatters of stone, perhaps indicating house sites or yards, iron slag and much medieval pottery, including Saxo-Norman or earlier types and later medieval wares, including Stamford ware, Shelly ware, Lincoln ware and Bolingbroke ware. The latter perhaps indicates desertion in the later 15th century. The site comprises a series of ditched closes lying on the east side of a hollowed street. {1}{2}{3}{4}{5}{6}{7}{8}

Sources/Archives (8)

  •  Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Card Index. SK 89 NE: 8.
  •  Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Sites and Monuments Record Card Index. SK 89 NE: O.
  •  Aerial Photograph: J.K.S. St Joseph. 1945-79. Cambridge University Collection. RZ 64 & 66, 1956.
  •  Article in Monograph: Paul Everson. 1983. 'Aerial Photography and Fieldwork in North Lincolnshire' in The Impact of Aerial Reconnaissance on Archaeology. CBA Research Report 49, p.19.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: P.L. Everson, C.C. Taylor and C.J. Dunn. 1991. Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire. pp.141-4, figs.103-4, archive notes.
  •  Aerial Photograph: 1945-84. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION. AWR 4, 7, 97; AWS 5-6; 1969.
  •  Aerial Photograph: RILEY, D.N.. 1938-84. RCHME. 1041/11-13, 1978.
  •  Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. SK8997: LI.644.6.1-5.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 8907 9733 (209m by 396m) Estimated from sources
Civil Parish NORTHORPE, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

Related Monuments/Buildings (3)

Related Events/Activities (1)

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Record last edited

Mar 20 2022 8:52AM

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