Monument record MLI80572 - Settlement of Stapleford

Summary

The settlement of Stapleford is first recorded in the Domesday Book, and survives to the present.

Type and Period (3)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

61122 Stapleford is first recorded in the Domesday Book as 'Stapleforde', where two manors are recorded as being owned by the Bishop of Bayeux and Countess Judith respectively. A church and a priest are also mentioned. The minumum population at that time was 42, and there were 11 and a half teams recorded. {1} The name Stapleford means 'the ford marked by a post'. {2} Earthworks have been noted throughout Stapleford. Ridge and furrow survives north of Newark Road at SK 8808 5766. Three areas of earthworks, which probably represent the remains of medieval settlement are located in Stapleford. They are mounds and hollows in a pasture field south of Newark Road, hollows and irregular earthworks on the north side of a pasture field west of Brecks Lane, and low banks and hollows between the church and the Hall. The watching brief carried out in 1999 confirmed the presence of ridge and furrow in one trench. {3}{4}{5}{8} In 1563 43 households were recorded in Stapleford. {6} At the beginning of the eighteenth century there were between 15 and 18 families recorded in Stapleford. {7} During the nineteenth century the population declined from 193 in the 1840s to 182 in the 1850s to 147 in the 1890s. {3}

Sources/Archives (8)

  •  Bibliographic Reference: C.W. Foster and T. Longley. 1924. Lincolnshire Domesday and Lindsey Survey. 4/79/ 56,9.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Kenneth Cameron. 1998. A Dictionary of Lincolnshire Place-Names. page 117.
  •  Report: Tony Sumpter Archaeological Consultancy. 1999. Plot 1, Newark Road, Stapleford. STA99.
  •  Archive: Tony Sumpter Archaeological Consultancy. 1999. Plot 1, Newark Road, Stapleford. LCNCC 308.99.
  •  Aerial Photograph: Hunting Surveys Ltd. 1971-2. Hunting Surveys Aerial Photography. 2/6/71; Run 89:1486.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Gerald A.J. Hodgett. 1975. Tudor Lincolnshire. Appendix 1.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: R.E.G. Cole. 1913. Speculum Dioeceseos Lincolniensis sub Episcopis Gul: Wake et Edm: Gibson A.D.1705-1723. Part 1: Archdeaconries of Lincoln and Stow. page 116.
  •  Index: NORTH KESTEVEN RECORDS. STAPLEFORD. NK60.1.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 882 576 (872m by 522m)
Civil Parish STAPLEFORD, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Apr 13 2021 2:24PM

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