Monument record MLI60815 - Settlement of South Kyme

Summary

The settlement of South Kyme may have originated as early as the seventh or eighth century, and survives to the present.

Type and Period (9)

  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Modern - 650 AD? to 2050 AD)
  • (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • (Unknown date)
  • (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1500 AD to 1599 AD)
  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 1000 AD to 1299 AD)

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60815 It has been suggested that the settlement was of some antiquity by the Conquest, and that there was an early monastic site located at South Kyme. South Kyme is recorded in the Domesday Book as having two churches belonging to the King. The fact that they were owned by the King is an indication that they were of some anitiquity as it suggests that their original ownership was no longer claimed. {1}{2} Two manors are mentioned in the Domesday Book, one belonging to the King, with two teams, two churches and a priest and six fishponds. The other belonged to Gilbert de Gand, which also had three fisheries. There are earthwork remains of fishponds close to the site of the manor house. The minimum population at that time was 21. {2} The name of Kyme is said to be derived from Old English 'Cymbe' meaning 'depression or hollow'. The settlements at the Kymes lie on an area of higher ground north and south of a shallow depression. The two settlements are distinguished as north and south. {3} A charter was obtained by Gilbert Umfraville for a fair at South Kyme in 1344. {4} There were 63 households in 1563. {5} The population in 1801 was 292, peaking at 610 in 1857. It was 432 in 1901. {6} A SHORT SECTION OF WALL WAS EXPOSED IN A TRENCH EXCAVATED DURING A WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT ON WOOD LANE AT TF 1713 4958. TWO SUBSTANTIAL LIMESTONE BLOCKS WERE RECORDED ON A SOUTH WEST - NORTH EAST ALIGNMENT. THE STONEWORK APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN REUSED, PROBABLY ORIGINATING FROM THE MEDIEVAL MANOR HOUSE. THIS DATES THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WALL TO 1720-25 AD. DEPOSITS PROBABLY RELATING TO THE DEMOLITION OF THE WALL AND SUBSEQUENT CONSTRUCTION OF AN EARLIER ROAD SURFACE WERE RECORDED. C18 AND C19 POTTERY WAS RECOVERED FROM THE ONE OF THESE LAYERS. During a watching brief during the same project at the junction of Church Lane and Wood Lane (TF 1703 4980), medieval remains were recorded. These comprised a post pit which contained limestone post packing and two sherds of thirteenth to fourteenth century pottery. A gully, which may have been a beam slot, was noted but not recorded (previously 60816, now deleted). {7}{8} During a watching brief on land east of High Street (TF 1763 4957) post medieval remains were identified. An animal burial was recorded which contained Boston and Toynton All Saints ware dating to the sixteenth and seventeenth century. Two pits and an unidentified feature of broadly post medieval date were also recorded. Tablewares dating from the eighteenth to the twentieth century were recovered from topsoil. {9}{10} During a watching brief in 2002 centred on TF1723 4964, fourteenth to nineteenth century pottery, animal bone and ceramic building material were recovered.{11}{12} During a watching brief at The Hume Arms (TF 1728 4970), a pit containing 11th - 13th century pottery; 3 pits containing 13th - 15th century pottery; a ditch containing 16th century pottery; a pit contianing 16th - 17th century pottery; and a further pit containing 19th century pottery were uncovered. {13} {14}

Sources/Archives (14)

  •  Article in Monograph: STOCKER, D.. 1993. ‘The early church in Lincolnshire’ in Pre-Viking Lindsey. pp.112-113.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: C.W. Foster and T. Longley. 1924. Lincolnshire Domesday and Lindsey Survey. 1/4, 24/76.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Kenneth Cameron. 1998. A Dictionary of Lincolnshire Place-Names. page 76.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Edward Trollope. 1872. Sleaford and the Wapentakes of Flaxwell and Aswardhurn in the County of Lincoln. page 252.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Gerald A.J. Hodgett. 1975. Tudor Lincolnshire. page 190.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: William Page (ed). 1906. The Victoria County History: Lincolnshire - Volume 2. page 360.
  •  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.
  •  Report: Archaeological Project Services. 1998. Land at High Street, South Kyme. SKH98.
  •  Archive: Archaeological Project Services. 1998. Land at High Street, South Kyme. LCNCC 167.98.
  •  Report: Archaeological Project Services. Feb 2003. Land at High Street, South Kyme. SKH02.
  •  Archive: Archaeological Project Services. Feb 2003. Land at High Street, South Kyme. LCNCC 2002,216.
  •  Report: Archaeological Project Services. Jun 2005. Watching brief at The Hume Arms, South Kyme. SKHA04.
  •  Archive: Archaeological Project Services. Jun 2005. Watching brief at The Hume Arms, South Kyme. LCNCC 2004.22.

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Grid reference Centred TF 1730 4959 (1095m by 821m)
Civil Parish SOUTH KYME, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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