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Deserted village (site of) at Walmsgate

England
List entry 1004994
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1004994
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
15.34 hectares
Grid reference
TF 36278 77539
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Deserted village site at Walmsgate is a medieval settlement whose abandonment is documented in historical records. The site lies in Lincolnshire and represents evidence of the depopulation patterns that affected many English rural communities from the late medieval period onwards. Earthworks surviving at the location preserve the physical traces of former occupation, including the characteristic ridge-and-furrow field systems and settlement remains that reflect medieval agricultural and domestic organisation. The village's desertion reflects broader demographic and economic shifts of the medieval to early modern transition, making it an important archaeological record of social change in the English countryside.

Deserted village (site of) at Walmsgate is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004994. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Deserted village (site of) at Walmsgate?

Deserted village site at Walmsgate is a medieval settlement whose abandonment is documented in historical records. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004994.

Who is responsible for protecting Deserted village (site of) at Walmsgate?

Deserted village (site of) at Walmsgate 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 1004994.

What other scheduled monuments are near Deserted village (site of) at Walmsgate?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Churchyard cross, St Margaret's Church, Bag Enderby (5.6 km), Long barrow 330m south-east of Langton Grange Farm, Spellow Hills (6.4 km), Spellow Hills Long Barrow 440m SSE of Langton Grange Farm (6.6 km).

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Everything a full report reveals about Deserted village (site of) at Walmsgate

This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Deserted village (site of) at Walmsgate's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:

Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Churchyard cross, St Margaret's Church, Bag Enderby
5.6 km
Long barrow 330m south-east of Langton Grange Farm, Spellow Hills
6.4 km
Spellow Hills Long Barrow 440m SSE of Langton Grange Farm
6.6 km
Neolithic long barrow 650m south of Langton Grange Cottage
6.7 km
Neolithic long barrow 465m north-west of Dexthorpe
7 km
Settlement site
7.1 km
Ring Holt bowl barrow
8.1 km
Fordington medieval village
8.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Deserted village (site of) at Walmsgate

Deserted village (site of) at Walmsgate stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Deserted village (site of) at Walmsgate

LincolnRoman town · ~24.2 milesBattle of Winceby (1643)Battle (1643) · ~6.3 miles
Domesday entry for Walmsgate, Lincolnshire →
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