Monument record MLI83011 - Settlement of Thorpe on the Hill

Summary

The settlement of Thorpe on the Hill probably has its origins in the Anglo-Saxon period and survives to the present.

Type and Period (7)

  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Modern - 1000 AD? to 2050 AD)
  • (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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  • None recorded

Full Description

62404 The settlement of Thorpe on the Hill is first mentioned in the Domesday Book. There was a small area of sokeland belonging to the King's manor in Bassingham. A berewic and sokeland belonging to St Peter of Westminster's manor in Doddington is also mentioned. The minimum population was 31. There is also a mention of a further landholding and a church in a dispute. {1} 'Thorpe' is Old Danish, and probably means dependant farm belonging to a settlement, which in this case may be Doddington. {2} There were 25 households in Thorpe on the Hill in 1563, and by the early eighteenth century there were around 33 families.{3}{4} In 1801 the population in Thorpe on the Hill was 190, and by 1901 it had grown to 293. {5} A medieval hollow way, tofts, crewyards and ridge and furrow have been noted on aerial photographs as surviving as earthworks {6} Further ridge and furrow earthwork remains have been noted north of Holme Farm and north of the school in the eastern part of the village. {7} During a watching brief on an east-west access road (SK 90572 65528) at The Farm residential development a large boundary ditch was recorded. Being 7m wide and 1.5m deep it was considered too substantial to be for drainage or a territory marker. It is suggested that it is part of a homestead moat. Six pieces of fired clay were recovered from the edge of this feature, and it is thought that they may have originated from a medieval oven or hearth. Pottery was recovered which dated from the thirteenth to the nineteenth century. {8}{9} A concentration of features including possible postholes and a scoop were also identified at SK 90584 65560. The scoop was in line with a change in the angle of the eastern hedge boundary, and this may have been a minor boundary ditch between fields. {8}{9} At Westcliffe Court (SK 9058 6555) during archaeological fieldwork some rectangular cut stone setts laid in a surface are thought to be a paved yard outside a cattle byre or similar (previously 61200, which has now been deleted). {10}{11}

Sources/Archives (11)

  •  Bibliographic Reference: C.W. Foster and T. Longley. 1924. Lincolnshire Domesday and Lindsey Survey. 1/27, 9/2, 72/28.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Ekwall, E.. 1960. Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names - Fourth Edition. pp.468-69.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Gerald A.J. Hodgett. 1975. Tudor Lincolnshire. page 189.
  •  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 130.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: William Page (ed). 1906. The Victoria County History: Lincolnshire - Volume 2. page 362.
  •  Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. SK9065:LI:696.2.1-3; SK9165:LI.696.1.1.
  •  Aerial Photograph: COLE, C.. 1993-2002. InnerVisions Business Presentations. 294/1099/16a, 16/10/99; 238/0598/15, 17/5/99.
  •  Report: Lindsey Archaeological Services. 1998. Thorpe on the Hill, The Farm, Estate Access Road. THF98.
  •  Archive: Lindsey Archaeological Services. 1998. Thorpe on the Hill, The Farm, Estate Access Road. LCNCC 243.97.
  •  Report: Lindsey Archaeological Services. May 2000. Main Street, Westcliffe Court, House Plots 8, 11 & 12. THF99.
  •  Archive: Lindsey Archaeological Services. May 2000. Main Street, Westcliffe Court, House Plots 8, 11 & 12. LCNCC 138.99.

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Grid reference Centred SK 908 656 (1066m by 892m)
Civil Parish THORPE ON THE HILL, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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