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Description: | The medieval settlement of Swinethorpe is first documented in 1181, and at that time was known as Suenestorp. The name means 'Sveinns secondary settlement of Eagle'. {1}
MEDIEVAL RIDGE AND FURROW WAS NOTED IN THESE FIELDS DURING ARCHAEOLOGICAL MONITORING OF A WATER PIPELINE, AND FROM APS. MEDIEVAL POTTERY WAS RECOVERED. {2}{3}{4}
It is recorded that in the 1330's Walter Ferriby of Brant Broughton, known as 'Black Wat' plundered nearby Morton and Swinethorpe, burning property and livestock. {4}
Possible settlement remains have been noted on the east side of the road at the main right angle bend at Swinethorpe. {6} | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 1066 - 1539 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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