Monument record MLI91330 - Lost settlement of Millthorpe

Summary

Millthorpe is an extinct medieval hamlet known to have existed in Quarrington parish although its location is unknown

Type and Period (2)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

PRN 65257 Millthorpe was an extinct hamlet in the parish of Quarrington, mentioned in the early 14th century. Its location is not known. {1}{2}{3} The name Millthorpe is of Old English and Old Danish origin and means "the secondary settlement with a mill". {4} Millthorpe is listed in the Lay Subsidy of 1334, when its wealth (with Quarrington's) was recorded as £4 10s 4 1/2d, slightly below average for its wapentake (Aswardhurn). It is listed as a hamlet of Quarrington. {5} This hamlet is also documented, as Milnethorpe, in the 13th century. Several suggestions have been made regarding its location. It has been suggested that it was situated near to the station, or on land to the west of London Road near to Quarrington. It has also been recently proposed that it was located astride London Road at the south edge of Quarrington parish where a small group of roadside enclosures were shown on the 1794 Enclosure plan. {6}{7}

Sources/Archives (7)

  •  Bibliographic Reference: C.W. Foster and T. Longley. 1924. Lincolnshire Domesday and Lindsey Survey. lxi, lxxiv.
  •  Index: Sleaford SMR cards. SLEAFORD. TF 04 SE; AE.
  •  Index: Ordnance Survey. Sleaford O.S. cards. SLEAFORD. TF 04 SE; 20.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Kenneth Cameron. 1998. A Dictionary of Lincolnshire Place-Names. p 88.
  •  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.
  •  Report: Lindsey Archaeological Services. 2006. Clayhill WTW Nitrates Reduction Scheme Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment. KILT06.
  •  Archive: Lindsey Archaeological Services. 2006. Clayhill WTW Nitrates Reduction Scheme Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment. LCNCC 2006.32.

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Location

Grid reference Not recorded
Non Parish Area Quarrington, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE
Civil Parish SLEAFORD, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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