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Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Langworth; Netelham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 is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TF00637514

Air Photo from Air Photo and general mapping	1st edition OS Map from Mid to late 19th century maps
Modern Map from Landscape form and features	Modern Map from General location and route planning
Geograph British Isles occasionally has photos of the site and will usually give an idea of the surrounding landscape.

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 349523
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 54198 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website.

• Books
  • Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of the East Midlands (Malvern) p69 [slight]
    Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses Vol2 (Cambridge) p270-1
    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 p129-131
    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
  • Russell, V. and Moorhouse, S., 1971, Lincolnshire History and Archaeology Vol6 p19-27
    22-SEP-1960, Country Life p630, 633
    Hurst, J.G., 1960, 'Medieval Britain in 1959' Medieval Archaeology Vol4 p153 [downloadable via http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/resources.html?medarch]
• 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
• Other sources, 'grey' literature, unpublished works, etc. (Theses, in-house reports and other such)
  • Payne, Naomi, 2003, The medieval residences of the bishops of Bath and Wells, and Salisbury (PhD Thesis University of Bristol) Appendix B: List of Medieval Bishop's Palaces in England and Wales [available via http://ethos.bl.uk ]
    English Heritage, 1999, Revised scheduling document 22749. MPP 23