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Nettleham Bishops Manor
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Langworth; Netelham
In the civil parish of Nettleham.
In the historic county of Lincolnshire (Modern Authority of Lincolnshire, 1974 county of Lincolnshire).
The earthwork and buried remains of the bishop's palace complex and its associated features, together with the buried remains of the early medieval manor house which preceded it. The bishop's palace was established at Nettleham at the beginning of C12. The remains of the palace overlie those of a manor house in royal ownership which was granted to Bishop Bloet by Henry I in 1101. In 1336 Bishop Burghersh was granted a licence to crenellate the house and to surround it with a stone wall. Archaeological excavation in the area of the garden has revealed the remains of a manor house which stood on the site before C12. The central part of the monument takes the form of a broad terrace which represents the earth-covered remains of a stone wall which formed the southern boundary of the palace complex; the building remains at its centre represent the principal gatehouse of the palace.
This site has been described as a;
Palace
Fortified Manor House.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Earthworks remains.
A Royal licence
to crenellate was
granted in 1336 Nov 16.
This site is a scheduled
monument protected by law.
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TF00637514
PastScape number;
349523
Books
- Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of the East Midlands (Malvern) p69 [slight]
Thompson, M.W., 1998, Medieval bishops' houses in England and Wales (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing) p179
Everson, P.L.,Taylor, C.C. and Dunn, C.J., 1991, Change and continuity: rural settlement in north-west Lincolnshire pp129-131
Thompson, A. Hamilton, 1912, Military architecture in England during the Middle Ages (OUP) p301
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p411
Journal Articles
- 22-SEP-1960, Country Life p630, 633
Hurst, J.G., 1960, 'Medieval Britain in 1959' Medieval Archaeology Vol4 p153
Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents
- This section is far from complete and the secondary
sources should be consulted for full references.)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls (1334-38) p330
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