More information : SK 828928. The DMV of Thonock represents an unresolved problem. Conventionally listed as a DMV and assigned a possible location (a), it has not been confirmed by field evidence. A settlement is documented in 1086, as a member of Gainsborough in the early 14th century, and as a small settlement, including Havercroft - SK 89 SW 5 in the later 14th, 15th and even 16th century taxation returns. In the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries High and Low (Nether) Thonock are referred to. Early APs may record a hollow way and closes near Laundry Cottages (SK 831928). (1) The ploughed-out hollow way comes in from the east - SK 8319 9278 to SK 8344 9286 (b). (1)
No extensive remains of the Medieval settlement referred to by the previous authorities were visible on the available air photographs. Probable Medieval boundaries visible as earthworks near Laundry Cottages could indicate the possible site of the settlement. No crofts or tofts are identifiable so it is not certain if this is the area of Medieval settlement. The boundaries have been ploughed flat and are now visible as cropmarks centred at SK 8319 9276 and SK 8301 9276. The supposed hollow way when seen as an earthwork on earlier photography (it is a cropmark on source 1b) looks more like a Post Medieval field boundary alongside a furrow. (Morph No. LI.648.21.2)
This description is based on data from the RCHME MORPH2 database. (2) |