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Nun Cotham is a site in Lincolnshire that preserves evidence of medieval religious occupation and later secular settlement. The nunnery was established during the medieval period, representing one of many small convents founded across England to provide communities for religious women. Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII in the sixteenth century, the site was converted to domestic use, with a house subsequently built upon or near the former monastic precinct. The location retains archaeological and structural evidence of both its medieval religious function and its transformation into a post-Dissolution residence, documenting the significant upheaval experienced by monastic properties during the English Reformation.
Site of medieval nunnery and post-Dissolution house, Nun Cotham is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008686. View the official record →
Nun Cotham is a site in Lincolnshire that preserves evidence of medieval religious occupation and later secular settlement. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008686.
Site of medieval nunnery and post-Dissolution house, Nun Cotham is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1008686.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cross in St Bartholomew's churchyard (1.6 km), Camera of the Knights Hospitallers, medieval settlement and cultivation remains, post-medieval house and gardens (3 km), Stallingborough medieval settlement, post-medieval manor house and formal gardens (4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Site of medieval nunnery and post-Dissolution house, Nun Cotham'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.
Site of medieval nunnery and post-Dissolution house, Nun Cotham stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.