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Summary

The settlement of Waddington was first documented in the Domesday Book, and survives to the present.

Full description

The settlement of Waddington is first documented in the Domesday Book. The lands were held by Earl Hugh at that time (who also had soke land of Waddington in Harmston). A church and two mills are also recorded. The name Waddington comes from the Old English meaning 'the farmstead or village associated with, or called after, Wada'. {1}{2}

The Diocesan Return of 1563 indicates that there were 70 families living in Waddington. {3}

The Bishops of Lincoln visitations for assessments of the parishes in the diocese in 1706, 1718 and 1721, returned 75, 101 and about 102 families, including, by 1721, 3 Presbyterian families, 1 Anabaptist, and a Quaker conventicle. There is a charity school for 16 (about 20 in 1721) children, which may have been on the site of the school built in 1854 (see PRN 61254). {4}

Parliamentary enclosure occurred in 1772. Blacksmiths were also recorded in Waddington, one of which was located in Far Lane, with the other in Bar Lane. {5}

The popluation was 962 in 1856. There was a Wesleyan Chapel, a Friends Meeting House, a Wesleyan Reformers Chapel, and a Baptist Chapel. In addition to the school built in 1854, a further school was built in 1878 (see PRN 61255). {6}{7}{8}

Earthworks of medieval ridge and furrow to the west and south-west of the village core were noted on aerial photographs examined as part of the National Mapping Programme. {9}

Two small, redeposited sherds of medieval pottery were recovered in August 1999, during archaeological monitoring of residential development on land at 166A Grantham Road (PRN 61214a - SK 9768 6400). {10}{11}

Numerous intercutting limestone quarry pits of late post-medieval date were recorded in August 2007, during archaeological monitoring of new development at Timms Lane, Waddington (PRN 61214b - SK 9750 6423). The quarrying appeared to have destroyed any deposits of earlier date, although two redeposited sherds of medieval pottery were recovered. {12}{13}

Traces of medieval ridge and furrow were identified in November 2015, during magnetometry survey of two sites off Station Road (PRN 61214c - SK 9720 6446). The remains were recorded as magnetically weak, linear anomalies, aligned on a roughly north-west to south-east axis. An isolated linear anomaly to the immediate north-east of the ridge and furrow was thought to probably represent the remains of a headland, given its shared alignment with Station Road. {14}

<1> C.W. Foster and T. Longley, 1924, Lincolnshire Domesday and Lindsey Survey, 13/34, 37; 36/4 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI893.

<2> Kenneth Cameron, 1998, A Dictionary of Lincolnshire Place-Names, p.133 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI5432.

<3> Gerald A.J. Hodgett, 1975, Tudor Lincolnshire, p.190 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI6089.

<4> R.E.G. Cole, 1913, Speculum Dioeceseos Lincolniensis sub Episcopis Gul: Wake et Edm: Gibson A.D.1705-1723. Part 1: Archdeaconries of Lincoln and Stow, p.134 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI6090.

<5> Ian Beckwith, 1977, Waddington, pp.1, 9 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI6091.

<6> William White, 1856, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire - Second Edition, p.340 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI886.

<7> Ordnance Survey, 1902-06, 25 Inch County Series Map - Second Edition, 78/11 (Map). SLI3566.

<8> Ordnance Survey, 1907-1950, 25 Inch County Series Map - Third Edition, 78/7 (Map). SLI5667.

<9> Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1992-1996, National Mapping Programme, SK9764: LI.887.1.1 (Map). SLI3613.

<10> Pre-Construct Archaeology (Lincoln), 1999, 166A Grantham Road, Waddington, PCA site code: GRW99 (Report). SLI6113.

<11> Pre-Construct Archaeology (Lincoln), 1999, 166A Grantham Road, Waddington, LCNCC 181.99 (Archive). SLI6114.

<12> Lindsey Archaeological Services, 2007, New Cottage, Timms Lane, Waddington, LAS site code: WTLL 07 (Report). SLI11582.

<13> Lindsey Archaeological Services, 2007, New Cottage, Timms Lane, Waddington, LCNCC 2007.164 (Archive). SLI11583.

<14> Pre-Construct Geophysics, 2015, Two Sites off Station Road, Waddington, - (Report). SLI15327.

Monument Types

• SETTLEMENT (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Modern - 1000 AD? to 2050 AD)
• FIELD SYSTEM (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
• FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
• PLOUGH HEADLAND (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
• RIDGE AND FURROW (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
• LIMESTONE QUARRY (Post Medieval - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Associated Finds

• SHERD (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
• SHERD (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1200 AD to 1599 AD)

Associated Events

• New Cottage, Timms Lane, Waddington
• 166A Grantham Road, Waddington
• Two Sites off Station Road, Waddington

Protected Status

• Conservation Area

Sources and further reading

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