Monument record MLI88854 - Addlethorpe settlement
Summary
The settlement of Addlethorpe is first documented in the Domesday Book and survives to the present.
Type and Period (5)
- SETTLEMENT (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Modern - 1000 AD to 2050 AD)
- DITCH (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- PIT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- HOUSE (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1450 AD? to 1900 AD?)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
PRN 46581
[This record includes content previously found in records PRN 43853, 43927 and 43928, now deleted.]
Addlethorpe is first documented in the Domesday Book, where it is referred to as Herdetorp. It belonged to 7 lords, and had a minimum population of 34 villeins, 37 sokemen and Eudo, Count Alan's man. There were also 2 churches in the parish. {1}
The name Addlethorpe derives from an Old English personal name and the Old Danish element 'thorp', a secondary settlement (in this case probably in relation to Ingoldmells). {2}
Addlethorpe is not listed in the Lay Subsidy of 1334. {3}
It is also absent from the 1377 Poll Tax returns. {4}
However, it is listed in the Diocesan Returns of 1563. 44 households are recorded. {5}
By the late 17th-early 18th century there were 28 families in the parish, rising to 32. {6}
In 1801 the population of the parish was listed as 190, rising to 302 in 1861 before falling back to 210 by 1901. {7}
Earthworks visible on aerial photographs show probable medieval ridge and furrow with field boundaries to the north-east (TF 5524 6932, PRN 46581a) and south east (TF 5518 6900, PRN 46581b) of the current village. Probable tofts are also visible to the east of the current village (TF 5535 6914, PRN 46581c). {13}
A watching brief on foundation trenches and a service trench at Church Lane (TF 551 691, PRN46581d) identified a 16th/17th century ditch that probably represented a former property boundary, and a backfilled pit/depression containing 18th century and earlier pottery as well as animal bone. The ditch was aligned north-south and was 4m wide and 0.9m deep. The pit, 14m in length and 1.1m deep, was filled with dumped builders refuse and considered to be modern. {8} {9}
A scatter of Toynton All Saints ware, thought to be a manuring scatter, was found during fieldwalking on the northern by-pass route (TF5502 6927, PRN 46581e). {10}
During the same fieldwalking event, a scatter of late medieval pottery, post-medieval brick and tile, along with bone and cobbles, was recorded but not collected. A distinct dark soilmark was also present. This evidence was taken to indicate the site of a dwelling (TF 5495 6921, PRN 46581f). {10}
Another watching brief at Church Lane (TF 555 691, PRN 46581g) uncovered medieval and post medieval ditches and pottery, suggesting continuous agricultural land use at this site. {11}{12}
An earthwork survey along the route of the northern bypass surveyed two areas of ridge and furrow to the north (PRN 46581a) and north west (PRN 46581h) of the village. {14}{15}
Sources/Archives (15)
- <1> SLI893 Bibliographic Reference: C.W. Foster and T. Longley. 1924. Lincolnshire Domesday and Lindsey Survey. 2/19; 3/46; 12/79, 80; 29/17, 19, 23; 38/8; 68/10.
- <2> SLI5432 Bibliographic Reference: Kenneth Cameron. 1998. A Dictionary of Lincolnshire Place-Names. p.1.
- <3> SLI653 Article in Serial: R.E. Glasscock. 1964. 'The Lay Subsidy of 1334 for Lincolnshire' in Lincolnshire Architectural and Archaeological Society Reports and Papers. -.
- <4> SLI1074 Bibliographic Reference: Graham Platts. 1985. Land and People in Medieval Lincolnshire. Appendix II.
- <5> SLI6089 Bibliographic Reference: Gerald A.J. Hodgett. 1975. Tudor Lincolnshire. p.194.
- <6> SLI6090 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.1.
- <7> SLI1104 Bibliographic Reference: William Page (ed). 1906. The Victoria County History: Lincolnshire - Volume 2. p.368.
- <8> SLI6092 Report: Archaeological Project Services. March 2000. Report on a watching brief at Church Lane, Addlethorpe. CLA99.
- <9> SLI6093 Archive: Archaeological Project Services. March 2000. Archive of a watching brief at Church Lane, Addlethorpe.. LCNCC 163.99.
- <10> SLI6405 Report: Archaeological Project Services. Oct 1998. Proposed Northern Bypass, Addlethorpe. ANB98.
- <11> SLI10640 Report: Archaeological Project Services. 2006. Watching Brief on land at Church Lane, Addlethorpe. CLA03.
- <12> SLI10641 Archive: Archaeological Project Services. 2006. Watching Brief on land at Church Lane, Addlethorpe. LCNCC 163.99.
- <13> SLI3613 Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. TF5569 LI 448.1-6.
- <14> SLI11343 Report: Archaeological Project Services. 2006. Archaeological Watching Brief and Earthwork Survey along the route of the Northern Bypass, Addlethorpe. ANBA01.
- <15> SLI11344 Archive: Archaeological Project Services. 2006. Archaeological Watching Brief and Earthwork Survey along the route of the Northern Bypass, Addlethorpe. LCNCC 2001.76.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 55074 69126 (894m by 821m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | ADDLETHORPE, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (4)
- Event - Survey: Earthwork survey along the route of the Addlethorpe northern bypass (ELI7753)
- Event - Survey: Fieldwalking on route of proposed Northern Bypass (ELI1636)
- Event - Intervention: Watching brief at Church Lane, Addlethorpe (ELI1335)
- Event - Intervention: Watching brief on land at Church Lane, Addlethorpe (ELI6641)
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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