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Description: | SITE OF SWINHOPE DESERTED MEDIEVAL VILLAGE. REMAINS NOW LEVELLED. {1} DESERTED VILLAGE OF SWINHOPE SUFFERED A DECLINE IN THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD WHICH IS WELL EVIDENCED BY DOCUMENTS, EARTHWORKS AND MATERIAL FINDS. THIS DECLINE WAS ALREADY FAR ADVANCED BY THE EARLY 14TH CENTURY. IT WAS EXACERBATED BY THE BLACK DEATH. IN 1428 THERE WERE LESS THAN 10 HOUSEHOLDS AND ONLY 6 IN 1563. {2} TWO POSSIBLE LATE MEDIEVAL CROPMARK AND EARTHWORK PLATFORMS. POSSIBLE LATE MEDIEVAL CROPMARK AND EARTHWORK LYNCHET. POSSIBLE LATE MEDIEVALCROPMARK AND EARTHWORK CROFTS, TOFT, BOUNDARIES AND ENCLOSURES. {3} | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 1066 - 1539 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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