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The deserted village site of South Cadeby is a medieval settlement in Lincolnshire whose inhabitants abandoned the village during the period of enclosure and agricultural reorganisation that affected much of England from the fifteenth century onwards. The site preserves earthwork remains including ridge and furrow field patterns and the foundations of former dwellings that testify to the village's earlier occupation. South Cadeby exemplifies the process of depopulation that transformed the medieval landscape, as landowners consolidated holdings and converted arable land to pasture for sheep farming, rendering the settled village redundant. The surviving archaeological evidence allows scholars to reconstruct aspects of medieval rural life and understand the economic forces that reshaped the English countryside during the early modern period.
Deserted village (site of) of South Cadeby is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003610. View the official record →
The deserted village site of South Cadeby is a medieval settlement in Lincolnshire whose inhabitants abandoned the village during the period of enclosure and agricultural reorganisation that affected much of England from the fifteenth century onwards. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003610.
Deserted village (site of) of South Cadeby 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 1003610.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 730m SSE of South Walk Farm (4.6 km), Long Barrow 440m south-west of Black Plantation (4.9 km), Long Barrow 360m south of Black Plantation (4.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Deserted village (site of) of South Cadeby'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) of South Cadeby stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.