THE SETTLEMENT OF LANGWORTH IS NOT DOCUMENTED IN THE DOMESDAY BOOK OR THE LINDSEY SURVEY (C.1115). IT HAD A BRIDGE, MARKET AND A FAIR BY C13. IT WAS ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF STAINTON IN 1316. THE DOCUMENTATION COMBINED WITH THE SETTLEMENT'S LOCATION AT THE VERY EDGE OF THE PARISH, ON A MAIN THROUGH ROAD AND SPANNING A RIVER CROSSING SUGGEST THAT IT WAS AN ATTEMPTED NEW TOWN. IT FAILED AS A MARKET, THOUGH NOT TOTALLY AS A SETTLEMENT PRESUMABLY BECAUSE IT LAY EQUIDISTANT BETWEEN LINCOLN AND WRAGBY, THEMSELVES NO MORE THAN 16 KM APART. {1}{2} Langworth is not mentioned in Domesday Book and has all the characteristics of a sceondary settlement. It is probably a planned settlement, perhaps an abortive 'new town' established at the northern end of the parish and alongside the main road. A weekly market and an annual fair were granted to the abbot and convent of Barlings 'at the manor of Langworth' in 1270. The plan of Langworth is purely linear and has none of the features of other 'new' towns. Yet the section of the road on which it is situated is a local diversion of the Lincoln to Burgh le Marsh Roman road, here passing across land liable to flood. The establishment of Langworth may have involved the alteration of the road to accommodate new properties.{3}