More information : TF 027793. Settlement remains lying in Grange Close and
formerly part of Dunholme, were poorly recorded on early APs and levelled in 1948: they are now partly built over. Fieldwalking has located a main stone building complex at TF 02747933 with much medieval glazed roof tile and associated medieval pottery, evidently marking a manor or grange site.(a) This settlement area lies peripherally to the main axis of the village, which, as at Nettleham and Scothern, apparently took the form of a broad street following the stream's bank and terminating in a triangular open area at the E end, that had already suffered encroachment by the mid 19th century. Large closes and additional streets on the W side of the settlement may result from the existence of four DB holdings in the settlement. Monastic property acquired by the Grantham family in 1545 gave rise to a substantial residence (perhaps the Old Manor House at TF 025791) later occupied by the Andersons and demolished in 1898. A report that it was moated could refer to formal gardens, of which nothing remains.(b) The settlement's earlier form has been increasingly masked and distorted by the growing importance of the A46 road skewing through it and by extensive post-war housing estates. Documentation of population trends does not show any substantial decline, but a recorded drop between the 11th and 14th centuries perhaps partly attributable to exemptions at the later date, and a sharp drop in the mid 17th century perhaps linked to enclosure. (1)
Medieval and Post Medieval remains of the village of Dunholme were seen as earthworks and mapped from poor quality air photographs. A group of ditch-defined tofts was recorded to the south east of the present village, centred at TF 0274 7932. Within one of these tofts there is a possible building, at TF 0277 7934. The building is approximately 15m by 10m.
To the north and south of the modern village are the remains of a field system. Six blocks of ridge and furrow were recorded, ranging in length from 120m to 280m, located at TF 0250 7965 and TF 0230 7900. (Morph No. LI.546.2.1 - 2.3)
This description is based on data from the RCHME MORPH2 database.
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