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The earliest evidence for settlement in Navenby, following the decline of the Roman settlement located further east near Ermine Street, was identified during a watching brief on land north of Church Lane. Pits and gullies were identified, and associated pottery was also recovered, which dated to the late Saxon period, and possibly earlier. There is, as yet, no evidence for early Saxon settlement. {1}{2}{3}
A small manor is recorded at Navenby in the Domesday Book as belonging to Durand Malet (with two teams farming in desmesne, and two villeins with a team). Sokeland of a manor at Eagle is also recorded as belonging to the same person, with one sokeman with one team at Navenby, giving a minimum population of three. The men of Navenby were in dispute at the time of the Domesday Survey, and before, about money to be paid, possibly for use of land at Scopwick and Kirkby Green. It has been suggested that the manor mentioned at Domesday was situated on the site of the Old School House, Church Lane. It is also suggested that there used to be a dovecote there. The land by the cottage to the rear is said to be uneven, and that there used to be tithe barns along Church Lane (approx SK 987 578 - PRN60581a). {5}{6}
The name 'Navenby' is derived from Old Danish for 'Nafni's farmstead, village' from an Old Danish personal name 'Nafni' and '-by'. It is suggested that, due to the similarities between Navenby and the neighbouring settlements with an English origin, that Navenby is an English settlement which was re-named in Old Danish, or even that it is on the site of an earlier settlement. {7}{18}
A market and two fairs were operating in Navenby from the thirteenth century. Permission to hold a market and a fair was granted by King Henry III on 3rd July 1221 to Ranulph, earl of Lincoln and Chester. It was to be held at the manor until the king came of age. On 27th March 1227 it was ordered that the market be held until one month after Easter day, that is 11th May 1227. In 1282-1284 Hugo of Somerby, bailiff of Navenby, was holding a market, presumably in his capacity of bailiff. No charter for this survives. A charter for another fair at Navenby was granted to the Dean and Chapter of St Mary in Lincoln in 1347 (date also given as 24th January 1348), to be held on 5th to 8th October. In 1856 a fair was still held on October 17th, although the market was discontinued. {8}{10}{19}
Earthwork crofts are visible on aerial photographs at SK 9858 5777 (PRN60581b). {9}
Medieval gritted cooking pot was found on a building site opposite the school (SK 987 577 - PRN60581c). {4}
Enclosure was in 1772. {10}
By 1563 the Diocesan Returns recorded 54 households, which rose to around 80 families in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century, including three Catholics and three Quakers. {11}{12}
The population in 1801 was 479, which peaked in 1861 at 1170, and fell to 779 in 1901. {13}
During work for a house extension (SK 9870 5797 - PRN60581d) the foundations of a limestone wall, which probably dates from before the mid-nineteenth century. The building to which the wall belonged was probably demolished before 1905 as the wall does not appear on the 1905 OS map. There was also a pit which was also undated (formerly 60618). {14}{15}
During a watching brief at Navenby Methodist Chapel (SK 9877 5790 - PRN60581e) a stone lined well was identified, this is thought to be of 18th-19th century in date. Some post medieval pottery sherds of the same date were also recovered from the site. {16}{17} | Subjects: | General Archaeology Building | Temporal: | 650 - 1065 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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