Heynings / Heveninges

No individual entry found for either Heynings or Heveninges in the Domesday survey. The Victoria County History (Lincoln, vo. 2, 1906) notes: "The priory of Heynings or Heveninges was founded by Rayner de Evermue, probably early in the reign of Stephen [i.e., 1135-1154] By the end of the thirteenth century it was ruled by a prioress alone, with a warden or master who might be a secular priest or a religious of some other order. [...] Being small and poor, the priory of Heynings might have been dissolved in 1536, but for some reason it was spared, and continued until 11 July, 1539, when it was surrendered by the prioress". The entry for the site of Heynings Priory in English Heritage [List Entry Number: 1008685] notes: "The site of Heynings priory has never been excavated archaeologically, and post-medieval activity on the site has been of limited impact, largely overlying rather than destroying earlier remains. Substantial earthworks, buried walls and finds of human burials indicate a good state of preservation below ground. [...] The monument includes the remains of the medieval nunnery of Heynings, a priory of Cistercian nuns founded after 1135 and dissolved in 1539."