Norton Lindsey Medieval Settlement

Description of this historic site

The possible extent of the Medieval settlement at Norton Lindsey as suggested by the Ordnance Survey map of 1886.

Notes about this historic site

1 The possible extent of the Medieval settlement, based on the first edition 6″ map of 1886, 38 NE.
2 Listed in Domesday in Ferncombe Hundred. The Phillimore edition has a grid reference of 22,63.
Ref 22,23 Hervey holds 1 hide in Norton (Lindsey). Land for 2 ploughs. In lordship, however,2; 4 slaves; 5 villagers and 2 smallholders with 2 ploughs. The value was 20s; now 40s. Waga held it freely before 1066.
3 The 1886 map shows a small village with empty plots, some with trees, most of the settlement being along the NE to SW road. There are strip sized fields within the large triangle at the northwestern end of the village. Domesday indicates a modest village and it looks as if its been small ever since. The church [WA1768] dates from the C13th.

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