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1609 map of early Burton Joyce (colour highlighted to assist with understanding)-
Burton Joyce in the 1600's
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Shows a very small number of dwellings - however there was a church.This early map of BJ is one of Sherwood Forest dated 1609.
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It shows BJ consists of Main St, Lambley Lane, and Meadow lane ( the eventual Old Road to Grimsby).
It shows BJ consists of Main St, Lambley Lane, and Meadow lane ( the eventual Old Road to Grimsby).
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It does not show any trees, shrub land, coppices or woods, even though there is every possibility that the area was full of such foliage, even more so than it is today. ( the number of local coal mines are witness to the fact that the area has always been well forested)
It does not show any trees, shrub land, coppices or woods, even though there is every possibility that the area was full of such foliage, even more so than it is today. ( the number of local coal mines are witness to the fact that the area has always been well forested)
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About 35 houses were scattered around these roads and the population calculated from Baptisms, Hearth Tax and Visitation returns was about 145. Within possibly 35 families
About 35 houses were scattered around these roads and the population calculated from Baptisms, Hearth Tax and Visitation returns was about 145. Within possibly 35 families
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Life generally in the period
Life generally in the period
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Life in these times must have been very hard. No running water , no transport, no NHS, no flushing toilets, unmade roads and paths (becoming quagmires for most of the year), lack of sewage treatment, no schools, no shops as such , just the basics in food and drink , having to fetch water from streams or rivers in all weathers ( winter and summer - we know there was some running water for a “beck“ has always run off the hillside parallel to Lambley Lane and there was also a small “spring” at the east end of Main street.
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No baths or showers, clothes worn day in and day out, very frequently a complete lack of shoes, no tea, coffee or soft drinks, access completely without lighting (gas lights came much later), the heating was probably one fire in the food area of a home, no duvets on the sleeping areas - probably just skins or straw, there was a complete lack of food choice- sometimes a complete lack of food? (“You have what you’ve got and that’s it.! “), possibly the occasional milk from a goat or a friends cow, berries, and fish caught in the river or rabbit ( when one was brave or desperate enough to ignore the consequences of being caught red-handed - “poaching?”), the odd rabbit or bird and eggs from the water fowl nests, etc. etc.. would have been luxury itself.
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No baths or showers, clothes worn day in and day out, very frequently a complete lack of shoes, no tea, coffee or soft drinks, access completely without lighting (gas lights came much later), the heating was probably one fire in the food area of a home, no duvets on the sleeping areas - probably just skins or straw, there was a complete lack of food choice- sometimes a complete lack of food? (“You have what you’ve got and that’s it.! “), possibly the occasional milk from a goat or a friends cow, berries, and fish caught in the river or rabbit ( when one was brave or desperate enough to ignore the consequences of being caught red-handed - “poaching?”), the odd rabbit or bird and eggs from the water fowl nests, etc. etc.. would have been luxury itself.
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When the winds blow either from the South West or the North East, it can be quite “hairy” in BJ. The wind will find the easiest route and it will “howl” up/down the large gulley with its bridle-way which runs from BJ village up and over the escarpment to Lambley village. Tree damage was all too frequent an occurrence. These must have been just some of the downsides of life in the 1600’s
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Useful Village contact points
E mail: admin@burtonjoyceparishcouncil.org.uk -- Click for "Residents Association" Website
Click to join “Interactive B J Village Tour”
E mail: admin@burtonjoyceparishcouncil.org.uk -- Click for "Residents Association" Website
Click to join “Interactive B J Village Tour”
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