DESERTED SETTLEMENT OF STOW PARK

Reference Name MLI52444

Name:
DESERTED SETTLEMENT OF STOW PARK

Summary:
DESERTED SETTLEMENT OF STOW PARK

Location:
STOW, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

Description:
A NAMED SETTLEMENT OF STOW PARK IS RECORDED FROM AT LEAST THE EARLY C14 AND IN THE C15 AS AN ANCILLARY TO STOW, WITHOUT ANY ESTIMATE OF ITS SIZE. IT IS UNCERTAIN WHETHER THE ORIGIN OF THIS SETTLEMENT WAS WHOLLY DEPENDENT ON THE PALACE AS IT APPEARS, OR WHETHER THE MOAT WAS BUILT ON THE EDGE OF A PRE- EXISTING SETTLEMENT. {1}

Sources:
1 Bibliographic reference: Everson, P.L., Taylor, C.C. and Dunn, C.J.. 1991. Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire. P 185
2 Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. LINCOLNSHIRE. SK8681:LI.680.5.1-2,1995,