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Deserted Village is a deserted medieval village site located in Lincolnshire, England. The settlement represents an example of the depopulated rural communities that emerged across England during the medieval period, particularly from the fourteenth century onwards, when economic pressures, plague, and changing agricultural practices led to the abandonment of established villages. The site retains earthwork remains characteristic of deserted medieval villages, including ridge and furrow cultivation patterns and the platforms marking former building plots. Such settlements provide valuable archaeological evidence of medieval settlement patterns and the social upheaval that transformed the English countryside during the later medieval period.
Deserted village is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003616. View the official record →
Deserted Village is a deserted medieval village site located in Lincolnshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003616.
Deserted village is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1003616.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cross in All Saints' churchyard (4.4 km), Settlement SE of Welton le Wold village (6.2 km), Site of Legbourne Priory (7.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Deserted village's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Deserted village stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.