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Description: | THE VILLAGE OF BUSLINGTHORPE CHANGED ITS NAME IN THE TWELFTH CENTURY DURING THE TENANCY OF BUSELINUS. IN THE LATE ELEVENTH AND EARLY TWELFTH CENTURY IT APPEARS AS ESETHORP AND EASTHORP, THE FIRST ELEMENT BEING EITHER A PERSONAL NAME OR A RIVER NAME. THE MANOR OF ESETHORP IS RECORDED IN 1086 WITH A MINIMUM POPULATION OF 14 HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS. THE IMPACT OF THE BLACK DEATH WAS CONSIDERABLE, BUT THE SETTLEMENT RECOVERED QUICKLY. THERE WAS DECLINE IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. THE REMAINS OF THE VILLAGE ARE ARRANGED ON THREE SIDES OF THE MANORIAL BLOCK, THE EAST SIDE OF WHICH WAS PLOUGHED IN 1969. {1}{2}{3}{4}{5}{6}, HTM 23 M
The monument is scehduled as earthwork and buried remains of the medieval village of Buslingthorpe. The core of the village is a subrectangular area, delineated by the remains of hollow ways, across the southern part of which the present road passes. {10} | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 1066 - 1539 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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