Monument record MLI54030 - Lea Post-Medieval Settlement

Summary

The post-medieval settlement of Lea.

Type and Period (2)

  • (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1899 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

Lea expanded rapidly during the 20th century, as a suburb of Gainsborough. Its core is principally along the main through road, with minor re-alignments of that road that can be documented in the 19th and 20th centuries. This probably represents a re-orientation, though 90 degrees from an east-west axis, with St Helen's at the east end of the main street that formerly continued west of the main road line and is marked by a footpath. Creation of the Anderson's Mansion, taking over the south-east part of the village in the 17th century, and the growing importance of the Gainsborough Road are the likely moving factors. {1} Geophysical survey and a watching brief centred on SK8268 8692 recorded several post-medieval pits, containing pottery, coal, and a piece of fuel ash slag. {2}{3}{4}

Sources/Archives (4)

  •  Bibliographic Reference: P.L. Everson, C.C. Taylor and C.J. Dunn. 1991. Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire. Archive notes.
  •  Report: Oxford Archaeotechnics. June 1998. Land at Lea, near Gainsborough. 1530698/LEL/OTT.
  •  Report: City of Lincoln Archaeology Unit. Sep 2001. Plot 1, Crowgarth Lane, Lea. LEA01.
  •  Archive: City of Lincoln Archaeology Unit. Sep 2001. Plot 1, Crowgarth Lane, Lea. LCNCC 2001.150.

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Grid reference Centred SK 8321 8669 (827m by 756m) Estimated from sources
Civil Parish LEA, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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