Monument record MLI33609 - DESERTED MEDIEVAL VILLAGES OF AUNBY

Summary

DESERTED MEDIEVAL VILLAGES OF AUNBY

Type and Period (2)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

The village of Aunby is mentioned in Domesday. Evidence of desertion over a small area is visible on aerial photographs, and St Joseph lists DMV at TF022146, which is where the church probably stood, see 33608 and 33602. The remains of the village are clearly visible on the ground as grassed mounds. Part of the site has been destroyed by recent building and ploughing. {1}{2}{3}{4}{5} Aunby DMV recently ploughed out. SLAU have field-walked the area and recovered some shelly wares. Farmer thought mounds were spoil from excavations by a vicar of Careby. OS produced some curious representations of earthworks on latest maps. {6}

Sources/Archives (6)

  •  Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Card Index. TF 01 SW: 9.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: C.W. Foster and T. Longley. 1924. Lincolnshire Domesday and Lindsey Survey. vol.19, p.LXXV.
  •  Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946-71. RAF POST WAR COLLECTION. 540:RAF; 1400,0056-7, 1954.
  •  Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946-71. RAF POST WAR COLLECTION. CPE:UK:1932; 2121-2, 1947.
  •  Aerial Photograph: ST JOSEPH, J.K.S.. 1945-79. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION. XQ59.
  •  Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Sites and Monuments Record Card Index. TF 01 SW: F.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred TF 0233 1464 (427m by 346m)
Civil Parish CAREBY AUNBY AND HOLYWELL, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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