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The deserted village site at Maidenwell is a medieval settlement in Lincolnshire that was abandoned, likely during the fifteenth or sixteenth century. The site is marked by earthwork remains visible in the landscape, including ridge and furrow cultivation patterns and the platforms of former buildings that testify to its former occupation. Villages such as Maidenwell were often depopulated as a result of enclosure, economic change, or shifting patterns of settlement during the late medieval and early modern periods. The site represents an important archaeological record of medieval rural life and the processes of landscape transformation that affected the English Midlands and eastern counties during the later medieval period.
Deserted village (site of) at Maidenwell is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004990. View the official record →
The deserted village site at Maidenwell is a medieval settlement in Lincolnshire that was abandoned, likely during the fifteenth or sixteenth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004990.
Deserted village (site of) at Maidenwell 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 1004990.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Churchyard cross, St Mary's churchyard (4.8 km), Three long barrows, a round barrow and a C-shaped prehistoric enclosure south-west of Churchbell Plantation (5 km), Neolithic long barrow and Bronze Age round barrow 680m ESE of Manor House (6.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Deserted village (site of) at Maidenwell'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 (site of) at Maidenwell stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.