Monument record MLI50919 - REMAINS OF MEDIEVAL SETTLEMENT EARTHWORKS IN KEXBY

Summary

REMAINS OF MEDIEVAL SETTLEMENT EARTHWORKS IN KEXBY

Type and Period (2)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

A SMALL AREA OF SETTLEMENT REMAINS RECORDED BY THE ROYAL COMMISSION FOR THE AIR PHOTOGRAPHIC UNIT'S MAPPING PROJECT. THREE SIDES OF A SUB-RECTANGULAR OR POSSIBLY SQUARE, DITCHED ENCLOSURE, PROBABLY A PROPERTY BOUNDARY, SEEN ON EARLY RAF VERTICAL APs. {1} THE SETTLEMENT OF KEXBY, THOUGH IN RECEIPT OF 50% RELIEF FOLLOWING THE BALCK DEATH, HAS APPARENTLY SUFFERED NO SUBSTANTIAL LONG TERM DECLINE. THE TRUNCATED STREET PATTERN WAS PROBABLY BASED ON A NORTH-SOUTH AXIS OF A WAY NORTH TO UPTON AND SOUTH TO WILLINGHAM AND EAST-WEST STREETS SERVING THE TOWNSHIPS FIELDS. {3}

Sources/Archives (5)

  •  Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. SK8785:LI.13.1,3,1992, .
  •  Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946-71. RAF POST WAR COLLECTION. CPE:UK 1880 6287.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: P.L. Everson, C.C. Taylor and C.J. Dunn. 1991. Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire. ARCHIVE NOTES.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: RUSSELL, R.C. AND RUSSELL, E.. 1987. PARLIAMENTARY ENCLOSURE AND NEW LINCOLNSHIRE LANDSCAPES. PP33,211.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: RUSSELL, R.C. AND RUSSELL, E.. 1983. MAKING NEW LANDSCAPES IN LINCOLNSHIRE. -.

Map

Location

Grid reference SK 8735 8575 (point) Centre
Civil Parish KEXBY, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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