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Name: | SETTLEMENT REMAINS OF SPITAL IN THE STREET |
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HER Number: | MLI50846 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Summary
SETTLEMENT REMAINS OF SPITAL IN THE STREET
Grid Reference: | SK 966 901 |
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Map Sheet: | SK99SE |
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Parish: | GLENTHAM, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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| HEMSWELL, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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| BISHOP NORTON, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Full description
The settlement remains of Spital in the Street lie on either side of the Roman road in the parishes of Hemswell, Glentham and Bishop Norton, although it is most commonly documented with Hemswell. Slight earthworks (now levelled) showed on early RAF vertical aerial photographs within the area defined as old enclosure in 1772 in Bishop Norton, and in 1792-94 in Hemswell. The settlement included a medieval chapel dedicated to St Edmund the Martyr, and a hospital founded in 1396, though there are 12th century references to an earlier institution. The site is claimed to have been the meeting place for the West Riding of Lindsey. At the end of the 17th century Abraham de la Pryme noted 'the town seems to have been much bigger than it is now'. In the late 18th and early 19th century, Spital in the Street assumed some specialised importance as a coaching post. The former earthwork enclosures are visible as soilmarks suggesting properties fronting Ermine Street on a Paul Everson aerial photograph of 1980. {1}
<1> P.L. Everson, C.C. Taylor and C.J. Dunn, 1991, Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire, ARCHIVE NOTES (Bibliographic Reference). SLI1063.
<2> RAF, 1946-71, RAF POST WAR COLLECTION, CPE:UK 1880 5443-44 (Aerial Photograph). SLI134.
<3> Paul Everson, 1975-90, RCHM, 2942/22,1980, (Aerial Photograph). SLI150.
<4> Ordnance Survey, 1824-1825, 1 Inch Map - First Edition, LINCOLN (Map). SLI3685.
<5> Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1992-1996, National Mapping Programme, SK9690:LI.595.4.1-3,1994, (Map). SLI3613.
Monument Types
- CHAPEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SHRUNKEN VILLAGE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
<1> | Bibliographic Reference: P.L. Everson, C.C. Taylor and C.J. Dunn. 1991. Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire. ARCHIVE NOTES. |
<2> | Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946-71. RAF POST WAR COLLECTION. CPE:UK 1880 5443-44. |
<3> | Aerial Photograph: Paul Everson. 1975-90. RCHM. 2942/22,1980, . |
<4> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1824-1825. 1 Inch Map - First Edition. 1:63360. LINCOLN. |
<5> | Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. SK9690:LI.595.4.1-3,1994, . |
Related records
MLI50981 | Related to: SITE OF ST EDMUND'S HOSPITAL, SPITAL ON THE STREET (Monument) |
MLI50270 | Related to: Spital Almshouses, Hemswell (Building) |
MLI51019 | Related to: SPITAL HOUSE, FORMERLY THE SWAN INN (Monument) |
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