Monument record MLI80620 - Settlement of Claypole

Summary

The settlement of Claypole is first mentioned in the Domesday Book and survives to the present.

Type and Period (2)

  • (Post Medieval - 1766 AD to 1833 AD)
  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Modern - 1000 AD to 2050 AD)

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  • None recorded

Full Description

Claypole is first mentioned in the Domesday Book. The name is thought to derive from the Old English words 'claeg' and 'pol', meaning 'the pool on clayey ground'. Land there was owned by the Bishop of Bayeux and Geoffrey Alselin. For the Bishop of Bayeux, 'Turuert had 3 carucates and 1 bovate of land (assessed) to the geld. There is land for 6 oxen. Baldric, the bishop's man, (has) 2 villeins and 3 bordars with 1.5 teams and 15 acres of meadows, worth 30 shillings.' For Geoffrey Alselin, 'there are 7 carucates (and 7 bovates) of land (assessed) to the geld. There is land for as many teams and oxen. 34 sokemen and 6 bordars have 8 teams there. There is a church there, and a priest, and 1 mill rendering 10 shillings, and 40 acres of meadow. Of this land Elduin has 2.5 carucates of land, and has 1.5 teams there. It is worth 40 shillings.' {1}{2} The Lay Subsidy of 1334 lists the settlement's wealth as £7 12s 4.25d, above average for its wapentake (Loveden). {3} The Diocesan Return of 1563 records 77 households in the parish. {4} By the late 17th/early 18th century, there were 80 families in the parish. {5} Notable residents of the village in 1856 are listed in White's Directory. 653 souls were recorded as being in the parish at this time. {6} Three sherds of post-medieval pottery were recovered from dumped deposits, excavated in October 1999, during archaeological monitoring of new development at Church Farm (PRN 35330a - SK 8453 4892). The sherds were pieces of Red Painted Earthenware, dating from the late 18th to early 19th centuries. {7}{8} Remains of probable settlement activity were recorded during a detailed earthwork survey, conducted in September 2015, prior to the construction of a new playing field on land off Osterfen Lane (PRN 35330b - SK 8529 4910). The remains were identified as a number of earthwork hollows, plateaus and linear features, interpreted as the remains of former ditches, possible building platforms, ponds or quarry pits. These earthworks lie immediately beyond the eastern boundary of the gardens associated with the 17th century Old Rectory on Rectory Lane, and it is possible that they pre-date its construction, although an exact date for their origin could not be confirmed. {9}{10}

Sources/Archives (10)

  •  Bibliographic Reference: Kenneth Cameron. 1998. A Dictionary of Lincolnshire Place-Names. p.30.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: C.W. Foster and T. Longley. 1924. Lincolnshire Domesday and Lindsey Survey. 4/77, 64/17.
  •  Article in Serial: R.E. Glasscock. 1964. 'The Lay Subsidy of 1334 for Lincolnshire' in Lincolnshire Architectural and Archaeological Society Reports and Papers. vol.10.2, p.125.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Gerald A.J. Hodgett. 1975. Tudor Lincolnshire. p.190.
  •  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. pp.32-3.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: William White. 1856. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire - Second Edition. pp.381-2.
  •  Report: Archaeological Project Services. 2000. Land Adjacent to Church Farm, Claypole. APS site code: CCF 99.
  •  Archive: Archaeological Project Services. 2000. Land Adjacent to Church Farm, Claypole. LCNCC 258.99.
  •  Report: Allen Archaeology Ltd. 2015. Land off Osterfen Lane, Claypole. AAL site code: CLOF 15.
  •  Archive: Allen Archaeology Ltd. 2015. Land off Osterfen Lane, Claypole. LCNCC 2015.151.

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Grid reference Centred SK 8485 4906 (912m by 360m) Estimated from sources
Civil Parish CLAYPOLE, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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