Monument record MLI60129 - South Kyme Priory

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South Kyme Priory

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60129 THE AUGUSTINIAN PRIORY OF SOUTH KYME WAS FOUNDED BEFORE C1170 BY PHILIP DE KYME, PROBABLY FOR 12 CANONS UNDER A PRIOR, AND AFTERWARDS ENLARGED BY SIMON DE KYME AND THE TALBOYS FAMILY. THE PRIORY WAS DISSOLVED IN 1539. THE PRESENT PARISH CHURCH OF ST MARY AND ALL SAINTS', PARTLY REBUILT IN 1805 AND RESTORED IN 1890, FORMED THE WEST END OF THE SOUTH AISLE AND PART OF THE NAVE OF THE PRIORY CHURCH. IT IS CHIEFLY DECORATED, BUT WITH A NORMAN SOUTH DOORWAY. IN ABBEY YARD, NORTH OF THE CHURCH, AND ALSO TO THE WEST OF THE CHURCHYARD ARE EARTHWORKS OF THE PRECINCT MOAT, BUILDING PLATFORMS AND FISHPONDS. {1}{2}{4}{5}{8} IN 1964 THE SITE OF THE PRIORY WAS PLOUGHED FOR ONLY THE SECOND TIME EVER. MUCH TILE, A LITTLE BROWN AND GREEN GLAZED POTTERY AND QUANTITIES OF STAINED GLASS WERE FOUND, ALSO UNPATTERNED GREEN AND YELLOW GLAZED FLOOR TILES. {3} SCHEDULED 27/04/1994: SAM 22622. FOR A DETAILED DESCRIPTION SEE THE SCHEDULING DOCUMENT. {8} DURING WATER MAINS REPLACEMENT IN SOUTH KYME A TRENCH WAS DUG ALONG NORTH LANE. THIS WAS EXTENDED INTO THE SCHEDULED AREA, AND THE REMAINS OF A WALL WERE EXPOSED. ALTHOUGH THE WALL WAS UNDATED, IT IS PROBABLE THAT IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRIORY COMPLEX. {17}{18}

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  •  Index: OS CARD INDEX. SOUTH KYME. TF 14 NE:1,1965, BAIRD J.
  •  Index: SMR FILE. SOUTH KYME. TF 14 NE:E,1978, K.A.M..
  •  Index: SMR FILE. SOUTH KYME. TF 14 NE:D,1964, J B W.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: William Page (ed). 1906. The Victoria County History: Lincolnshire - Volume 2. VOL 2 pp172-174.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: D. Knowles and R.N. Hadcock. 1971. Medieval Religious Houses: England and Wales - Second Edition. pp141,162.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Edward Trollope. 1872. Sleaford and the Wapentakes of Flaxwell and Aswardhurn in the County of Lincoln. pp256-262.
  •  Article in Serial: KIRK C. 1881. Associated Architectural and Archaeological Societies’ Reports and Papers. AASRP VOL 16 pp30-31.
  •  Scheduling Record: ENGLISH HERITAGE. 1994. REVISED SCHEDULING DOCUMENT 22622. MPP23.
  •  Photograph: PARISH FILE. SOUTH KYME. P1/76/12; P/19/79/34-35.
  •  Artefact: City and County Museum Collection. LM 256.76; LM 126.80.
  •  Unpublished Document: R.H. Healey and D.R. Roffe. Some Medieval and Later Earthworks in South Lincolnshire. pp.97-99.
  •  Unpublished Document: Jones, M.U. and W.T.. Text and illustration about Kyme Priory. -.
  •  Aerial Photograph: -.
  •  Aerial Photograph: J.K.S. St Joseph. 1945-79. Cambridge University Collection. BT64 (23/7/48) JZ85,86 (15/7/52).
  •  Aerial Photograph: AEROSCAN. Aeroscan aerial photographs. -.
  •  Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-06. 25 Inch County Series Map - Second Edition. 1:2500. 98/11 and 98/15.
  •  Report: PRE-CONSTRUCT ARCHAEOLOGY. 1998. NORTH KYME TO SOUTH KYME WATER MAINS REPLACEME. NSK98.
  •  Archive: PRE-CONSTRUCT ARCHAEOLOGY. 1998. NORTH KYME TO SOUTH KYME WATER MAINS REPLACEME. LCNCC 1.98.

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Grid reference Centred TF 1693 4980 (454m by 629m) Approximate
Civil Parish SOUTH KYME, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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