Monument record MLI80627 - Little Hale settlement

Summary

Evidence for the settlement of Little Hale dates from the fifth century, and the settlement still survives.

Type and Period (4)

  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Modern - 410 AD to 2050 AD)
  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Post Medieval - 410 AD to 1799 AD)
  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Post Medieval - 410 AD to 1799 AD)
  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Post Medieval - 950 AD to 1799 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

PRN 61156 Evidence for the settlement of Little Hale dates from the fifth century onwards. {1} Little Hale is not mentioned separately in the Domesday Book and is presumably included with Great Hale (see PRN 61425). {2} Little Hale first appears documented separately from Great Hale in 1180. The name originates from the Old English 'at the nook of the land'. The settlement still survives. {3} The Lay Subsidy of 1334 lists the wealth of Little Hale as £5 10s 3 1/4d, about average for its wapentake (Aswardhurn). {10} The Diocesan Returns of 1563 record 36 households resident in Little Hale. {11} By 1801, there were 233 people residing in the parish, rising to 372 in 1861 before falling again to 270 by 1901. {12} The landowners in the parish from medieval times to the 19th century are discussed by Trollope. {13} The residents and institutions of the parish in 1856 are briefly discussed in White's Directory. {14} An evaluation on land at Chapel Lane (TF 147 417) identified ditches and pits containing pottery dating from the fifth century (PRN 61156a), and throughout the Saxon and medieval periods, up to the sixteenth century. Lava quern fragments, animal bone, seeds and charred remains were also recovered from the Saxon features. {1} During trial trenching at TF 1455 4169 a series of gullies and ditches (PRN 61156b), probably boundaries of crofts and paddocks were revealed together with a number of pits. Pottery and animal remains recovered from them date them roughly to the Saxo-Norman period 950-1150 AD. A scatter of medieval pottery was also recorded during this investigation, probably representative of manuring scatters. The only medieval features recorded were a single pit and pit, further substantiating the theory that this area was probably agricultural at this time (PRN 61156c). A series of boundary ditches and gullies of post-medieval date (PRN 61156d) were also recorded, mainly aligned north-south or east-west suggesting that they define rectangular enclosures. A large bank and wall were also noted and although they are undated it is thought that these also are post-medieval in date. {4}{5} An archaeological watching brief was undertaken on land adjacent to 3 Chapel Lane (TF 1455 4169). A large east to west aligned ditch (PRN 61156d) measuring over 11m long by at least 5.5m wide and in excess of 1.9m deep was identified. The ditch contained pottery and animal bone dating to between the 18th and 20th century and may have served as a boundary ditch. {6}{7} An archaeological watching brief was undertaken on land adjacent to 4 Fen Road (TF 1461 4178).Three undated pits (PRN 61156e), two of which may have been used for gravel extraction, were identified and an undated subsoil was also recorded. Pottery was found of which one sherd was medieval in date, the remainder dating to the 18th to 20th centuries. Post-medieval tile, glass, clay pipe and animal bone were also retrieved (PRN 61156f). {8}{9} A surface scatter of pottery of Anglo-Saxon and medieval date (PRN 61156g) was seen at TF 145 421. {15}

Sources/Archives (15)

  •  Report: John Samuels Archaeological Consultants. 2000. Archaeological Field Evaluation Report: Land off Chapel Lane, Little Hale. -.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: C.W. Foster and T. Longley. 1924. Lincolnshire Domesday and Lindsey Survey. 24/41.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Kenneth Cameron. 1998. A Dictionary of Lincolnshire Place-Names. page 57.
  •  Report: Archaeological Project Services. 2002. Archaeological Evaluation on Land at Chapel Lane, Little Hale. LHC02.
  •  Archive: Archaeological Project Services. 2002. Archaeological Evaluation on Land at Chapel Lane, Little Hale. LCNCC:2002.343.
  •  Report: Archaeological Project Services. Dec 2003. Archaeological Watching Brief on Land at Chapel Lane, Little Hale. LHC03.
  •  Archive: Archaeological Project Services. Dec 2003. Archaeological Watching Brief on Land at Chapel Lane, Little Hale. LCNCC 2003.353.
  •  Report: Archaeological Project Services. Dec 2004. Archaeological Watching Brief on land adjacent to 4 Fen Road, Little Hale. LHFR04.
  •  Archive: Archaeological Project Services. Dec 2004. Archaeological Watching Brief on land adjacent to 4 Fen Road, Little Hale. LCNCC 2004.83.
  •  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.123.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Gerald A.J. Hodgett. 1975. Tudor Lincolnshire. p 190.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: William Page (ed). 1906. The Victoria County History: Lincolnshire - Volume 2. p 360.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Edward Trollope. 1872. Sleaford and the Wapentakes of Flaxwell and Aswardhurn in the County of Lincoln. p 375.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: William White. 1856. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire - Second Edition. pp 541-42.
  •  Index: Little Hale SMR file. Little Hale. TF 14 SW; L.

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Grid reference Centred TF 145 417 (621m by 554m)
Civil Parish LITTLE HALE, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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