Monument record MLI84044 - Settlement of Norton Disney

Summary

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

Type and Period (2)

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

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  • None recorded

Full Description

Norton Disney is first mentioned in the Domesday Book. The first part of the name is thought to derive from the Old English words 'north' and 'tun', meaning 'the north village or farmstead', and likely relating to Norton Disney's relationship with Stapleford. The 'Disney' element is a later addition, and refers to the de Isigny family (from Isigny in Normandy), who held land here during the 13th century. At the time of Domesday, land here was owned by Countess Judith: 'In Nortune there are 12 carucates of land (assessed) to the geld. There is land for 7 teams. Judith has there 7 sokemen and 11 villeins with 5 teams, and 12 acres of meadow. There is underwood 6 furlongs in length and 1 in breadth.' {1}{2}{3} The Lay Subsidy of 1334 lists the settlement's wealth as £1 10s 8.5d, with this being slightly below average for this wapentake (Graffoe). {4} The Diocesan Return of 1563 records 30 households in the parish. {5} 26 families were recorded as living in the parish by the late 17th century. This had fallen to 24 families by the early 18th century. {6} Notable residents of the village in 1856 are listed in White's Directory. 234 souls were recorded as being in the parish at this time. {7} Remains of probable medieval settlement activity were recorded in February 2019, during a magnetometry survey conducted on land to the east of the church at Norton Disney. The activity was identified as several linear magetic anomalies, thought to represent former enclosure or property boundaries, with an entrance roughly halfway along the northern edge. {8}

Sources/Archives (8)

  •  Bibliographic Reference: Stenton, F.M.. 1920. Documents Illustrative of the Social and Economic History of the Danelaw from Various Collections. p.cviii, charter no.307.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: C.W. Foster and T. Longley. 1924. Lincolnshire Domesday and Lindsey Survey. 56/10.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Kenneth Cameron. 1998. A Dictionary of Lincolnshire Place-Names. p.93.
  •  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.124.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Gerald A.J. Hodgett. 1975. Tudor Lincolnshire. p.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. p.92.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: William White. 1856. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire - Second Edition. p.339.
  •  Report: Contour Geophysics. 2019. Land to the East of the Church, Norton Disney. -.

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Grid reference Centred SK 8892 5903 (490m by 400m) Estimated from Sources
Civil Parish NORTON DISNEY, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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