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| Name: | FOSSE NUNNERY |
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| HER Number: | MLI52540 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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Summary
SITE OF CISTERCIAN FOSSE NUNNERY
| Grid Reference: | SK 836 782 |
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| Map Sheet: | SK87NW |
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| Parish: | TORKSEY, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Full description
The site of a priory of Cistercian nuns. It was founded before 1184 and dissolved in 1539. It was dedicated to St Nicholas. Its endowment was confined to the immediate locality of Torksey, and its complement was a prioress and 5 nuns, in 1440, and 8 nuns in 1539. At the dissolution it was a 'beggarly pouer ruynose house'. Excavations on the site in 1961 appear to have located outbuildings of the nunnery marked by slight wall foundations of lias limestone fragments bound by clay: associated pottery dated no later than the early 16th century. The site is located in the scheduled area of Torksey medieval town (54207). {1}{2}{3}{6}
<1> Torksey SMR File, SK 87 NW:AE,1979, TMA (Index). SLI3342.
<2> Ordnance Survey, Torksey O.S. Cards, SK 87 NW:13,1962, MH (Index). SLI2800.
<3> M.W. Barley, 1964, 'The Medieval Borough of Torksey: Excavations 1960-2' in The Antiquaries Journal, VOL 44 pp.174-175 (Article in Serial). SLI225.
<4> D. Knowles and R.N. Hadcock, 1953, Medieval Religious Houses: England and Wales - First Edition, P 223 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI902.
<5> R.E.G. Cole, 1906, 'The Royal Borough of Torksey, its Churches, Monasteries and Castle' in The Associated Architectural and Archaeological Societies’ Reports and Papers, VOL 28 P451-530 (Article in Serial). SLI373.
<6> 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.
Monument Types
- NUNNERY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- PRIORY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- RELIGIOUS HOUSE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Events
- Excavations at Torksey 1960-62
- Resistivity survey at Fosse Dyke Field, Torksey
- Field walking south of Torksey
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Index: Torksey SMR File. TORKSEY. SK 87 NW:AE,1979, TMA. |
| <2> | Index: Ordnance Survey. Torksey O.S. Cards. TORKSEY. SK 87 NW:13,1962, MH. |
| <3> | Article in Serial: M.W. Barley. 1964. 'The Medieval Borough of Torksey: Excavations 1960-2' in The Antiquaries Journal. VOL 44 pp.174-175. |
| <4> | Bibliographic Reference: D. Knowles and R.N. Hadcock. 1953. Medieval Religious Houses: England and Wales - First Edition. P 223. |
| <5> | Article in Serial: R.E.G. Cole. 1906. 'The Royal Borough of Torksey, its Churches, Monasteries and Castle' in The Associated Architectural and Archaeological Societies’ Reports and Papers. VOL 28 P451-530. |
| <6> | Bibliographic Reference: P.L. Everson, C.C. Taylor and C.J. Dunn. 1991. Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire. ARCHIVE NOTES. |
Related records
| MLI52542 | Related to: SITE OF FORMER CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS (Monument) |
| MLI54207 | Related to: Torksey Medieval Town (Monument) |
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