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Description: | PRN 53437
This record now incorporates records 53436 and 53438 which have been deleted from the system.
It has been suggested that the name Owersby is derived from an Old Norse personal name. In 1929 the assize rolls name the village as Longe Ouresbi, presumably as a reference to a straggling village. {1}
Domesday records six separate manors, two mills, and a minimum population of 90. {2}
In 1781 there were 50 families living in Owersby but by 1721 this had dropped to 41. {3}
By the nineteenth century Owersby was split into two, North and South Owersby. In 1801 the population of North Owersby was 223, it rose steadily until 1861 when it peaked at 421, by 1901 the population was counted at 305. South Owersby's population in 1801 was 89, peaking in 1821 at 136 after which the population rose and fell and in 1901 stood at 87. {4}
The settlement remains of North and South Owersby, formerly part of Owersby were once the south section of a long line of medieval settlements, which stretched for almost 4km across undulating clayland. The north section comprised of the former villages of Thornton le Moor (see prn's 53439, 53440, 53441), Beasthorpe (see prn's 53443, 53444), and Cauthorpe. Cauthorpe, Beasthorpe, and Thornton le Moor (all in the former parish of Thornton le Moor) were included together in at least nine separate settlement nuclei extending in a north-south line, each arranged around east-west streets. From the later 16th century, documentary sources often divided Owersby into two parts, one of which is usually returned to Osgodby. There was a major period of depopulation in the 17th century, from which it did not recover. This was probably connected with the conversion to pasture. The individual nuclei are still separated by ridge and furrow, which also underlay some of the settlement earthworks. Until the 1960s the existing villages and hamlets were all associated with areas of former occupation and at least four of them were completely deserted sites, most of the earthworks are now destroyed. {5}
There have been many finds of early medieval pottery at various locations, including Saxo-Norman greywares. {8}{9}
Large and small stones and rubble together with foundations of several dwellings have been found in the area of the village remains. Stamford and Shelly ware dating to the 12th-13th centuries has been found in the village as well as much later pottery including Rareren stoneware. {10}{11}{12}
The front range of the Old Vicarage was built in 1853, the rear 17th century range was remodelled at the same time.{15}
The Kingerby metal detecting rally found a fragment of a 7th-8th century cruciform brooch, and a complete 7th-8th century
Anglo-Saxon strap end (250, photo 86). Finds of medieval and post-medieval date was also found. {16}{17}
A site visit was undertaken to Land at Tyddyn Uchaf, South Owersby (TF 0630 9383) as part of a desk-top assessment prior to landscaping. Earthworks of ridge and furrow, and house platforms were observed at this location. {18}
Archaeological monitoring at 53437a during the construction of a new stable building and equestrial menage revealed a 13th to 15th century pottery sherd, three sherds of late 16th to 18th century pottery and an east to west aligned enclosure boundary ditch. {19}{20} | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 600 - 800 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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