Monument record MLI88815 - Hanthorpe Settlement

Summary

The settlement of Hanthorpe is first documented in the Domesday book and survives to the present day.

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PRN 36731 [This record includes content previously found in records PRN 33159, 33161, 34231, 33181, 35383, 35384 and 35382. These records have now been deleted.] Beresford quotes Hanthorpe as a lost village with church, but gives no grid reference. {1} Hanthorpe appears in the Domesday Book several times, always with Morton. It is listed as Hermodestorpe. It had, with Morton, a minimum population of 28 sokemen, 8 bordars and 'Simund, Heppo's man'. The land was divided between three lords, although there was a dispute with a neighbour about the ownership of a small part of it. {2} The name derives from an Old Norse personal name and the Old Danish 'thorp'. The name suggests that the village was a secondary settlement, presumably of Morton. {3} The Lay Subsidy of 1334 lists the parish's wealth as £3 6d 0s, below average for its wapentake. {4} The Diocesan Returns of 1563 record 24 families in Hanthorpe. {5} By the late 17th-early 18th century, there were (with Morton) 138 families. {6} Hanthorpe is not listed in the census returns of the 19th century. Presumbably it is considered as part of Morton by this time. However, it is still shown as a separate hamlet on the early Ordnance Survey maps. {7}{8} It currently survives, although it is now linked to Morton by a modern housing development. Earthworks visible on aerial photographs indicate ridge and furrow to the north (TF 0844 2439, PRN 36731a) and the south-east (TF 0888 2374, PRN 36731b). {9}{10}{11}{12}{15} Post medieval material including pottery, roof tiles and clay pipes was found at TF 087 238 (PRN 36731c). Medieval pottery has also been recovered from the same area, which is also the site of a possible moat (see PRN 37095). {11} During a watching brief, a west-north-west/east-south-east aligned undated ditch/channel was recorded, thought to be the canalised course of an ancient stream or a drainage ditch, possibly dating to the medieval/post-medieval periods (TF 084 238, PRN 36731d). {13}{14} The same watching brief uncovered a 19th century brick and tile floor, probably related to Major Farm Cottage which was demolished in 1973, and a scatter of post-medieval artefacts including pottery and clay pipes (TF 084 238, PRN 36731e). {13}{14} A watching brief on land off Edenham Road uncovered a ditch containing a single sherd of 13-14th century pottery (TF 08389 23810, PRN 36731f). A similar sherd was found unstratified on the same site. {16}{17} A watching brief on land off Edenham Road (TF 08468 23846) revealed a drainage ditch containing 13th-14th century pottery (PRN 36731g). An adjacent undated pit was also noted. {18}{19}

Sources/Archives (19)

  •  Bibliographic Reference: BERESFORD, M.W.. 1954. The Lost Villages of England. p. 309.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: C.W. Foster and T. Longley. 1924. Lincolnshire Domesday and Lindsey Survey. 24/77; 42/15; 61/4; 72/42.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Kenneth Cameron. 1998. A Dictionary of Lincolnshire Place-Names. pp. 58-59.
  •  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.123.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Gerald A.J. Hodgett. 1975. Tudor Lincolnshire. p. 192.
  •  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. 89.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: William Page (ed). 1906. The Victoria County History: Lincolnshire - Volume 2. pp.358-379.
  •  Map: Ordnance Survey. 1824-1825. 1 Inch Map - First Edition. 1:63360. sheet 36.
  •  Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946-71. RAF POST WAR COLLECTION. CPE-UK-1932-1241-2,1947.
  •  Index: OS CARD INDEX. MORTON. TF 02 SE; 1965.
  •  Index: SMR FILE. MORTON. TF 02 SE: AH.
  •  Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. TF 02 SE: LI751.6.1, LI751.4.1.
  •  Report: Archaeological Project Services. May 2001. Land at Edenham Road, Hanthorpe. HER00.
  •  Archive: Archaeological Project Services. May 2001. Land at Edenham Road, Hanthorpe. LCNCC 2000.216.
  •  Aerial Photograph: Clyde Surveys Ltd. 1992. British Gas Aerial Photographic Survey. run.9, no.4452.
  •  Report: Witham Archaeology. 2005. Land west of 29A Edenham Road, Hanthorpe. ERH05.
  •  Archive: Witham Archaeology. 2005. Land west of 29A Edenham Road, Hanthorpe. LCNCC 2005.185.
  •  Report: Allen Archaeological Associates. 2008. Archaeological Watching Brief Report: Land adjacent to 27 Edenham Road, Hanthorpe. HAER08.
  •  Archive: Allen Archaeological Associates. 2008. Archaeological Watching Brief Report: Land adjacent to 27 Edenham Road, Hanthorpe. LCNCC 2008.106.

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Grid reference Centred TF 08614 24056 (742m by 907m)
Civil Parish MORTON, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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