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Description: | 61471
The name Canwick comes from the Old English personal name 'Cana', and Old English 'wic', which means 'a dwelling, a specialised building, a dairy farm'. There are several entries in the Domesday Book which record at least four manors, with a minimum population of around 50. Five fisheries are also mentioned, three of which belonged to Bishop Geoffrey of Countance (6/1), two belonged to Roger of Poitou (16/47). {1}{2}
The Diocesan Return of 1563 recorded 20 families with 1 at Sheepwash. {3}
By the early 1720s there were 22 families recorded in Canwick, and in 1856 there were 213 inhabitants. {4}{5}
Medieval and post medieval pottery have been found in Canwick, and an iron knife and bottle seals. Now in CCM (LM 36-40.67). {6}{7}
Fourteenth and fifteenth century pottery was found at SK 985 695. The person, who reported the finds, has presented it to CCM (LM 30.58). The builders are said to have seen traces of buildings on the site. {8}{9}
Earthwork remains of medieval boundaries, crofts, a hollow way and extractive pit are visible on aerial photographs. {10}
Canwick was enclosed by Act of Parliament in 1786. {11}
It has been tentatively suggested that Canwick formed the principal part of an early medieval estate, which also included Bracebridge and Wigford. {12} | Subjects: | General Archaeology Building | Temporal: | 1000 - 1539 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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