Monument record MLI87674 - Settlement of Fulstow

Summary

The settlement of Fulstow 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)
  • (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

PRN 46001 Originally Fulstow parish also encompassed Marshchapel parish, therefore the earlier evidence will be distorted. The Domesday book records that there were 5 manors in Fulstow: The Bishop of Durham had two manors with land for 2 1/2 teams; Count Alan had two manors with land for 3 1/2 teams; Earl Hugh had land for 11 oxen; Robert the Steward had 1 manor and land for 3 teams. Altogether there was a minimum population of 72 families. {1} The Lindsey Survey of 1115 records that Picot de Laceles has 2 carucates and 2 bovates of land, Earl Richard has 6 bovates of land and Roger Marmion has 1 carucate and 6 bovates of land. {1} Fulstow derives from Fugeleston which is from the Old English 'fugol' meaning a bird and the Old English 'stow' meaning a place, or a place of meeting. {2} {3} In 1563 there was 69 families. {4} In 1705 to 1723 there were 60 families, dropping to 50 and then to 32 by 1723. There was also 1 Anabaptist family. {5} Enclosure occurred between 1817 and 1819. {6} The population was 332 in 1801, peaking at 577 in 1861 and falling again to 433 in 1901. {7} PRN 46001a (TF 3303 9702) House platforms earthworks were observed on aerial photographs as part of the national mapping programme. {8} PRN 46001b (TF 3359 7928) Earthwork tofts were observed on aerial photographs as part of the national mapping programme. They were also observed on a site visit in 2004 as part of the Lincolnshire Coastal Grazing Marsh project. {8} {9} PRN 46001c (TF 3350 7941) Earthwork tofts were observed on aerial photographs as part of the national mapping programme. They were also observed on a site visit in 2004 as part of the Lincolnshire Coastal Grazing Marsh project. {8} {9} PRN 46001d (TF 3376 9735) House platform earthworks were observed on aerial photographs as part of the national mapping programme. {8} PRN 46001e (TF 3325 9727) Earthworks were observed on a site visit in 2004 as part of the Lincolnshire Coastal Grazing Marsh project. {9} PRN 46001f (TF 3304 9712) Earthwork tofts were observed on aerial photographs as part of the national mapping programme. They were also observed on a site visit in 2004 as part of the Lincolnshire Coastal Grazing Marsh project. {8} {9} A trial trench excavated at TF 3306 9715 revealed a pond (PRN 46001g) with a cobbled surface to the south, probably a hard standing for animals drinking at the pond. Medieval and post medieval pottery and ceramic building material were recovered from the pond, as well as quantities of domestic animal bone. A shallow linear feature, possibly a furrow, was also observed to the north of the pond, and may be associated with the nearby toft earthworks (PRN 46001f). {10}{11}

Sources/Archives (11)

  •  Bibliographic Reference: C.W. Foster and T. Longley. 1924. Lincolnshire Domesday and Lindsey Survey. p31, p63, p76, p158, p246-7.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Kenneth Cameron. 1998. A Dictionary of Lincolnshire Place-Names. page 48.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Gillian Fellows Jensen. 1978. Scandinavian Settlement Remains in the East Midlands. p376.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Gerald A.J. Hodgett. 1975. Tudor Lincolnshire. p196.
  •  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.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: William White. 1856. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire - Second Edition. p559-60.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: William Page (ed). 1906. The Victoria County History: Lincolnshire - Volume 2. p367.
  •  Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. TF3396:LI.369.11.3; TF3397:LI.369.11.1; TF3397:LI.369.12.2.
  •  Report: Lindsey Archaeological Services. 2004. Lincolnshire Coastal Grazing Marsh: Archaeological and Historical Data Collection. -.
  •  Report: Marc Berger. 2006. Archaeological Field Evaluation at Enfield Farm, Fulstow. ENMF06.
  •  Archive: Marc Berger. 2006. Archaeological Field Evaluation at Enfield Farm, Fulstow. LCNCC 2006.123.

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Grid reference Centred TF 3318 9721 (1272m by 696m) Centre
Civil Parish FULSTOW, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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