Monument record MLI20437 - LAND OWNED BY THE TEMPLARS

Summary

LAND OWNED BY THE TEMPLARS

Type and Period (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

ABOUT 50 ACRES OF LAND IN FLEET HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS BELONGING TO THE TEMPLARS FROM TITHE MAPS. TWO FIELDS KNOWN AS 'TEMPLE BOTTOMS' AND A THIRD UNNAMED FIELD ARE BORDERED ON THREE SIDES BY NARROW DITCHED STRIPS OF LAND WHICH APPEAR ON THE MAP TO BE GREEN LANES OR OLD PROTECTIVE BANKS. THIS, TOGETHER WITH A FOURTH STRIP OF LAND WERE KNOWN AS THE 'ROUNDABOUTS', NO DOUBT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE LAND WAS ENCIRCLED. THEY ARE RECALLED AS RIDGES BETWEEN THE TWO DITHES, AND THEY REMAIN SLIGHTLY RAISED, SINCE ONLY THE INNER DITCH WAS FILLED IN WHEN THEY WERE PLOUGHED. THESE DOUBLE DITCHES APPEAR TO BE TYPICAL BOUNDARIES FOR TEMPLAR LAND. {2}

Sources/Archives (2)

  •  Verbal Communication: HEALEY, R.H.. 1997. Verbal report from Hilary Healey. -.
  •  Article in Serial: HEALEY, R.H.. 1996. PAST AND PRESENT. NO 23 SPRING 1996 P 6-7.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred TF 3921 2228 (762m by 464m)
Civil Parish FLEET, SOUTH HOLLAND, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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