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North East Lincolnshire HER
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| HER Number: | MNL234 |
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| Preferred Ref.: | 0470/0/0 |
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| Type of record: | Place |
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| Name: | Historic Settlement of Beesby |
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Summary
A historic settlement known to have existed since the early medieval period.
Monument Types
- SETTLEMENT (Early Medieval (Dark Age/Saxon/Viking) to Twenty First Century - 410 AD to 2100 AD)
- BUILDING PLATFORM (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- CROFT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HOLLOW WAY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- TOFT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - None
Associated Finds
- SHERD (Early Medieval (Dark Age/Saxon/Viking) - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
Associated Events - None
Full description
Beesby, meaning "Besi's Settlement" or "Homestead" in Old Danish, is mentioned in Domesday, the Lindsey Survey (c.1115AD) and the Valuation of Norwich (1254AD) (1).
An Early Medieval settlement, Medieval and Post Medieval shrunken village, consisting of hollow ways, tofts, crofts, a church, building platforms and a mound, seen as earthworks. Building foundations of uncertain date and finds ranging from the Roman period through to the eighteenth century have been found on the site. The Doomsday Book records that the land at Beesby ("Baesbi" or "Besebi") was worth 20 shillings before 1066, and that in 1086 it was worth 30 shillings, showing that there was a pre-conquest settlement. This is reinforced by finds of Late Saxon pottery from the site. A document of 1450 refers to Beesby merging with Hawerby, and there is further documentary evidence of shrinkage from 1565, when only 7 families were recorded at the village (2).
The scheduled area was amended and greatly extended, with a more detailed description, in 2013 (8).
The manor of Beelsby, centred at Beelsby House but held by the Yarborough Estate, is shown on a map of the Wold Newton estate of 1832. The boundary between Beesby and Hawerby runs from the north east corner of Stock Furlong to Barton Street in a north easterly direction (9). It is not known if this manorial boundary has any similarity to the medieval parish boundary.
Note: See entry for Hawerby [HER 0046/0/0] for further information.
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Book: Elilert Ekwall. 1960. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Placenames. Fourth Edition. |
| <2> | Digital archive: PastScape: http://www.pastscape.org.uk. Accessed 17/10/2005. TF 29 NE 16. |
| <3> | Designation Record: English Heritage. 1977. Deserted Medieval Village of Beesby. |
| <4> | Book: Beresford M. 1954. The Lost Villages of England. Page 171, 309, 360-1. |
| <5> | Journal: Lincoln History and Archaeology Society. 1967. Lincolnshire History and Archaeology Volume 2. Volume 2. 1967. Page 50.. |
| <6> | Journal: The Lincolnshire Local History Society. 1972. Lincolnshire History and Archaeology Volume 7. Volume 7. 1972. Page 12.. |
| <7> | Journal: The Lincolnshire Local History Society. 1975. Lincolnshire History and Archaeology Volume 10. Volume 10. 1975. Page 16. |
| <8> | Designation Record: English Heritage. 2013. Deserted Medieval Village of Beesby: Amendment. |
| <9> | Map: James Bradley. 1832. Wold Newton, Beesby and Autby (Estate Map). |
Related records
| 0046/0/0 | Part of: Historic Settlement of Hawerby (Place) |
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