Monument record MLI50919 - REMAINS OF MEDIEVAL SETTLEMENT EARTHWORKS IN KEXBY
Summary
REMAINS OF MEDIEVAL SETTLEMENT EARTHWORKS IN KEXBY
Type and Period (2)
- SETTLEMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FIELD SYSTEM (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
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)
- <1> SLI3613 Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. SK8785:LI.13.1,3,1992, .
- <2> SLI134 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946-71. RAF POST WAR COLLECTION. CPE:UK 1880 6287.
- <3> SLI1063 Bibliographic Reference: P.L. Everson, C.C. Taylor and C.J. Dunn. 1991. Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire. ARCHIVE NOTES.
- <4> SLI1090 Bibliographic Reference: RUSSELL, R.C. AND RUSSELL, E.. 1987. PARLIAMENTARY ENCLOSURE AND NEW LINCOLNSHIRE LANDSCAPES. PP33,211.
- <5> SLI1086 Bibliographic Reference: RUSSELL, R.C. AND RUSSELL, E.. 1983. MAKING NEW LANDSCAPES IN LINCOLNSHIRE. -.
Map
Location
Grid reference | SK 8735 8575 (point) Centre |
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Civil Parish | KEXBY, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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