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Description: | THE SITE OF THE MANOR OF BUSLINGTHORPE LIES IN THE CENTRE OF THE DMV. THE DESMESNE OF ROBERT DE TODENI'S MANOR IN 1086 WAS TENANTED BY BERENGER AND ROBERT DE INSULA'S ESTATE IN ABOUT 1115 BY THAT BUSELINUS WHO APPARENTLY GAVE HIS NAME TO THE SETTLEMENT. IT MAY BE THAT THE CREATION OF A SUBSTANTIAL MOATED RESIDENCE SET WITHIN A CLEARLY DEFINED RECTANGULAR AREA, AND PERHAPS THE FOUNDATION OR REBUILDING OF THE CHURCH, AND THE REPLANNING OF THE SETTLEMENT IN A REGULAR MANNER WERE THE REASONS BEHIND SUCH A RENAMING. DOCUMNETARY EVIDENCE FOR THESE EVENTS IS TOTALLY ABSENT, BUT THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE AT LEAST GIVES THE THEORY SOME SUBSTANCE. IT WAS LATER HELD BY THE BUSLINGTHORPE FAMILY, AND LATER STILL BY THE TYRWHITTS. THE ROUGHLY RECTANGULAR AREA OF A MANORIAL BLOCK IS DEFINED IN THE EARTHWORKS BY VILLAGE STREETS TO THE NORTH, SOUTH AND WEST. IN ITS CENTRE AN INNER MOATED ECNLOSURE, SUB-RECTANGULAR IN PLAN, IS PARTLY OCCUPIED BY THE PRESENT FARM. THE MOAT IS UP TO 2.5M DEEP AND WATER-FILLED ON THE NORTH, WEST AND EAST, AND IS SHOWN IN A SIMILAR CONDITION ON THE TITHE MAP OF 1841. {2}, HTM 24M
The monument is scheduled as a medieval village and takes the form of a series of substantial earthworks extending to both sides of the modern road. At the centre of this area on the north side of the road, are the remains of a medieval moated site now partly occupied by Manor Farm. {12} | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 1066 - 1539 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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