Monument record MLI81752 - Settlement of Covenham St Bartholomew

Summary

The settlement of Covenham St Bartholomew probably has its origins in the middle Anglo-Saxon period, and survives to the present.

Type and Period (11)

  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Modern - 800 AD? to 2050 AD)
  • (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 800 AD? to 1065 AD)
  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 900 AD to 1199 AD)
  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 900 AD to 1199 AD)
  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 900 AD to 1199 AD)
  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Medieval - 900 AD to 1199 AD)
  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Post Medieval - 900 AD to 1900 AD)
  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Post Medieval - 900 AD to 1900 AD)
  • (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1399 AD)
  • (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

44015 (also see PRN41168 unlocated monks cell) The name Covenham comes from an Old English name 'Cofa' and 'ham'. In the Domesday Book and the Lindsey Survey Covenham was returned without distinction between Covenham St Bartholomew and Covenham St Mary. In the Domesday Book, a manor belonging to the Bishop of Durham is recorded, and this entry also records the presence of a church and salt pans. Three manors with five salt pans are recorded as belonging to William de Perci, and land later belonging to Alan de Perci is recorded in the Lindsey Survey. The names appear in their full modern form in the thirteenth century, and it may be then the settlements began to be identified as separate settlements. {1}{2} In the Diocesan Returns of 1563 Covenham St Bartholomew is recorded as having 33 households. {3} In 1801 the population was 170, which rose to 198 in 1901. {4} (PRN 44015a) A basic earthwork survey was carried out in the field at (TF 3352 9556) in 1999. There is a sketch of the results in the parish file. {6} (PRN 44015b) During excavations at circa TF3394 9463, middle Saxon to post medieval features were recorded. The earliest feature was a pit truncated by two ring gullies and a north/south aligned ditch dated to the 10th to 12th century. The very small amounts of pottery, animal bone and other domestic refuse in the features suggests a location at the periphery of settlement, while the lack of structural features suggests that the ring gullies surrounded stack stands. Hammerscale recovered from environmental sampling may suggest localised smithing. A series of intercutting ditches and gullies were revealed, though remaining mostly unexcavated. Pottery finds dated from the 10th to the 20th century. Some of the features are thought to relate to a post medieval farm previously on the site. A pit and ditch dating from the 13th to 14th centuries were also recorded. Finds of hammerscale and a plano-convex iron slag hearth-bottom in the pit provide further evidence of smithing activity, but these may be residual from earlier smithing (see above). See also PRNs 43725 and 43726.{7}{8} Earthworks and cropmarks were observed on aerial photographs as part of the National Mapping Programme. These were interpreted as tofts (TF 3344 9573, PRN44015c); house platforms (TF 3379 9447, PRN44015d, and TF 3376 9524, PRN44015e); trackways (TF 3379 9562, PRN44015f); a moat (TF 3341 9529, PRN44015g); ponds (TF 3389 9466, PRN44015h); and a post mill earthwork (TF 3366 9544, PRN44015i). {5} Earthworks were also observed on a site visit in 2004 as part of the Lincolnshire Coastal Grazing Marsh project at PRN44015e, PRN44015h and PRN44015b. {9} The earthworks at TF 3389 9466 (PRN 44015h) have previously been identified by the NMP as former fishponds. They sit within a rectangular enclosure to the north of the Church of St Bartholomew, that may have defined the site of an earlier Anglo-Saxon minster church. {10}

Sources/Archives (10)

  •  Bibliographic Reference: Kenneth Cameron. 1998. A Dictionary of Lincolnshire Place-Names. page 34.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: C.W. Foster and T. Longley. 1924. Lincolnshire Domesday and Lindsey Survey. 3/16-18; 22/26-27; L10/6,7.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Gerald A.J. Hodgett. 1975. Tudor Lincolnshire. page 195.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: William Page (ed). 1906. The Victoria County History: Lincolnshire - Volume 2. page 372.
  •  Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. TF3395:LI.370.1.1-6 TF3394:LI.360.4.1-4.
  •  Graphic Material: Levick, D. (Mr). 1999. Earthwork survey at Covenham St Bartholomew. -.
  •  Report: Archaeological Project Services. Aug 1998. Excavation at Haith's Farm, Birkett Lane, Covenham St Bartholomew. CHF98.
  •  Archive: Archaeological Project Services. Aug 1998. Excavation at Haith's Farm, Birkett Lane, Covenham St Bartholomew. LCNCC 77.98.
  •  Report: Lindsey Archaeological Services. 2004. Lincolnshire Coastal Grazing Marsh: Archaeological and Historical Data Collection. Fig.8 Map 2 of 4.
  •  Website: Historic England (formerly English Heritage). 2011->. The National Heritage List for England. http://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/. 1063108.

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Grid reference Centred TF 337 951 (865m by 1460m)
Civil Parish COVENHAM ST BARTHOLOMEW, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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