Monument record MLI70044 - Site of St Augustine's church and churchyard, St Rumbold Street
Summary
Site of St Augustine's church and churchyard, St Rumbold Street
Type and Period (3)
- BURIAL (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1533 AD)
- CHURCHYARD (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1533 AD)
- CHURCH (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1533 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
PRN 70044
This site was believed to be the site of St Rumbold's church (PRN 70281), and is shown as such on the 1905 Ordnance Survey map. {1}{2}{3}
However, it has been identified as being the site of St Augustine's. {4}
It has been suggested that this may be the second of the churches built by Colswein in his new estate between 1066-1086. (However, it is now believed that Colswein's second church was actually St Clement's - see PRN 70531.) {8}{10}
This church is first mentioned in documentary sources in 1147. It was demolished in 1533-4 and there are frequent references in Common Council documents to the sale of its building stone and timber. {5}{8}
The dedication of this church may be to St Augustine of Canterbury rather than to St Augustine of Hippo, although this is uncertain. Its associated parish may have been relatively wealthy and prosperous due to its location near the wharves, and it is the only parish in Butwerk to have more than 10 inhabitants in 1428. Nevertheless, the church was still redundant by the 16th century. {6}
Tiles, timber, stone and the bells from the church were sold to various buyers including the Abbot of Bardney and parishioners of St Swithin's, although some stone was given to the Greyfriars to repair the convent, some was given to repair St Swithin's church and some was taken to repair 'Westgate Bridge'. {9}
Burials were seen during building work on the site in 1989, when the Lincolnshire Archives building was being constructed. {7}
Sources/Archives (11)
- <1> SLI3134 Index: SMR file cards for Lincoln. LINCOLN. SK 97 SE: ED.
- <2> SLI2604 Index: Ordnance Survey. OS card index for Lincoln. LINCOLN. SK 97 SE; 53.
- <3> SLI3566 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-06. 25 Inch County Series Map - Second Edition. 1:2500. -.
- <4> SLI11157 Bibliographic Reference: Johnson, C.P.C.. 1992. A Hive of Industry. p 1.
- <5> SLI6442 Bibliographic Reference: Kenneth Cameron. 1984. The Place-Names of Lincolnshire, Part 1. 1. p 117.
- <6> SLI9142 Bibliographic Reference: Jones, Michael, J; Stocker, D.; and Vince, A.. 2003. The City by the Pool including LARA. RAZ 9.60.11, 10.60.11.
- <7> SLI4895 Verbal Communication: S.J. Catney. 1994. Information from Steve Catney. -.
- <8> SLI11158 Article in Serial: Edmund Venables. 1888. 'A list and brief description of the churches of Lincoln previous to the period of the Reformation' in Associated Architectural and Archaeological Societies’ Reports and Papers. p 336, no. 18.
- <9> SLI6707 Article in Serial: Stocker, D.A.. 1990. ‘The archaeology of the Reformation in Lincoln’ in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. Vol 25, p 20 (table 1).
- <10> SLI2604 Index: Ordnance Survey. OS card index for Lincoln. LINCOLN. SK 97 SE; 92.
- <11> SLI3134 Index: SMR file cards for Lincoln. LINCOLN. SK 97 SE; FS.
Map
Location
Grid reference | Centred SK 9790 7125 (48m by 37m) Centre |
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Civil Parish | ABBEY, LINCOLN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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