Monument record MLI85862 - The settlement of Swaton

Summary

The settlement of Swaton has its origins in the Anglo-Saxon period and survives to the present day.

Type and Period (3)

  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Modern - 1000 AD? to 2050 AD)
  • (Post Medieval - 1560 AD to 1799 AD)
  • (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

PRN 62964 now incorporates now deleted records, 62847, 62846, 60933, 60944 The name Swaton has its origins in Old English, it is probably a hybrid of an Anglo-Danish personal name. This possibly indicates that an earlier Anglo-Saxon settlement was taken over and renamed by the Danes. {1} Swaton is in the wapentake of Aveland and at the time of Domesday in 1086, it had a minimum population of 62. The dominant manor here was held by the Saxon Colsuain and previously by the King's thane, Auti.{2} The bishop's visitations for assessments of the parishes in the diocese in 1706, 1718 and 1722 returned 35, 35 and 34 families and by 1702 there were two Presbyterian families.{3} In 1801 the population stood at 176, it peaked in 1831 at 311 and by 1901 it stood at 253. {4}{5} Swaton formed part of Henry de Lacy's principal estates. In 1311 he received £15 15s.2d. In rents. A charter was granted to William Lingspee in 1239 and 1252 and another to Henry de Lacy and his wife Margaret to hold a fair in early July and a market every Friday. {6}{7} The importance of Swaton in the Middle Ages indicates that there was a considerable manorial establishment in the village from at least the late 11th century. The dominant Domesday holding of Colsuain was an important late Saxon estate. It passed to the De La Haye family and became, in turn, an important holding of the earls of Lincoln until Maud de Lacy granted the estate to Barlings Abbey in 1322. The abbey retained the manor until the Dissolution when it was granted to Robert Tyrwhit.{8} This manorial establishment has not been identified on the ground but may have been towards the church or to the north of the village where the present Manor House is situated, rather than around the moated site on the west side of the village (see PRN 60002). {8} Note that some Saxon finds have been made by metal detectorists to the west of the church (see PRN 60932). A bronze seal-ring with traces of gilding, possibly of 16th-17th century in date was found at TF1305 3748. {9} Trial trenching was undertaken at as part of the new vacuum mains sewerage scheme at Swaton. A medieval pit, ditch and layer were revealed at TF 1308 3703. There was also a post medieval ditch at TF 1316 3730. {14}{15}

Sources/Archives (15)

  •  Bibliographic Reference: Kenneth Cameron. 1998. A Dictionary of Lincolnshire Place-Names. page 121.
  •  Report: Archaeological Project Services. April 2003. Archaeological Watching Brief at Elm Tree Cottage, Marsh Lane, Burgh-Le-Marsh. pages LXXV, 26/44-45, 37/5, 57/19.
  •  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 123.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: William Page (ed). 1906. The Victoria County History: Lincolnshire - Volume 2. page 360.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: William White. 1856. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire - Second Edition. pages 550-1.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Graham Platts. 1985. Land and People in Medieval Lincolnshire. Pages 63; 99-100.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Edward Trollope. 1872. Sleaford and the Wapentakes of Flaxwell and Aswardhurn in the County of Lincoln. pages 445-51.
  •  Unpublished Document: R.H. Healey and D.R. Roffe. Some Medieval and Later Earthworks in South Lincolnshire. page 103.
  •  Index: SMR FILE. SWATON. TF 13 NW, P.
  •  Report: Archaeological Project Services. June 2003. Archaeological watching brief on land at Church View, Swaton. SCV03.
  •  Archive: Archaeological Project Services. June 2003. Archaeological watching brief on land at Church View, Swaton. LCNCC: 2003.43.
  •  Index: NORTH KESTEVEN RECORDS. SWATON. NK 61.24, 1994 Nuttall N.
  •  Unpublished Document: Patterson, E.J.. 1992. Billingborough Estate - Smithy Farm Swaton. -.
  •  Report: Lindsey Archaeological Services. May 2005. Trial trenching and watching brief on the New Vacuum Mains Sewerage Scheme, Swaton. SWTW04.
  •  Archive: Lindsey Archaeological Services. May 2005. Trial trenching and watching brief on the New Vacuum Mains Sewerage Scheme, Swaton. LCNCC 2004.228.

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Grid reference Centred TF 127 376 (912m by 1248m)
Civil Parish SWATON, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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