A place in Lincolnshire with a history you can trace through the records: its entry in the 1086 Domesday Book, the archaeological finds and scheduled monuments around it, and the nearest Roman sites and battlefields. Everything below is drawn from the historical record.
In 1086, Addlethorpe was held by Herbert (son of Aubrey).
When William the Conqueror's commissioners surveyed Addlethorpe in 1086, they recorded 10 manors held by Herbert (son of Aubrey), Durham (St Cuthbert), bishop of, Count Alan (of Brittany), Eudo (of Mumby), Gilbert of Ghent, Eudo son of Spirewic, Robert the bursar and Ketilbiorn of Nettleton, under York (St Peter), archbishop of. Before the Conquest, in the time of King Edward, the land was held by Healfdene (son of Topi), Earl Ralph the constable, Alnoth, Ulf (Fenman), Godwin, Godric, Toki of Burgh, Grimkel, Klak, Wiglac (son of Siward) and Swartbrand (son of Ulf).
The settlement was assessed at 12.24 hides for tax. There was land for 12.7 ploughs, with 16.5 plough teams at work (3 in the lord's demesne and 13.5 held by the villagers). The recorded population was 106 heads of household: 51 villagers and 55 freemen. These are heads of household, so the settlement's true population was several times larger. Its recorded resources included meadow (40 acres). The manors were valued at 10.13 pounds in 1086, up from 9 pounds in 1066.
The Domesday Book was the great survey of England ordered by William the Conqueror in 1085 and completed in 1086, the oldest surviving public record in the country. How the survey worked →
Addlethorpe was one of the settlements recorded in Lincolnshire in the 1086 survey. Lincolnshire in the Domesday survey →
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Addlethorpe's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Nationally registered historic battlefields within 25 miles of Addlethorpe.
7 recorded finds have been logged within about 5 miles of Addlethorpe, reported by members of the public and entered in the national record of archaeological finds. They span these periods:
The bedrock beneath Addlethorpe is White Chalk Subgroup (Maastrichtian).
Aubrey's full report for this location includes every Domesday manor, the complete record of medieval lordship, archaeological context, and the story of how this settlement evolved from 1086 to the present day.