Scheduled MonumentsEnglandOld Spilsby: medieval settlement and cultivation remains south east of Partney Bridge

Old Spilsby: medieval settlement and cultivation remains south east of Partney Bridge

England
List entry 1014704
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1014704
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
16.79 hectares
Grid reference
TF 40630 67249
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Old Spilsby is a medieval settlement and cultivation remains located south east of Partney Bridge in Lincolnshire, England. The site comprises earthwork evidence of medieval habitation and associated field systems that attest to the agricultural organisation and settlement patterns of the medieval period in this part of Lincolnshire. The remains are now visible as surface features in the landscape, preserving information about the layout and land use of a former rural community. As a scheduled monument, the site is protected for its archaeological and historical significance as evidence of medieval rural settlement and land management practices in the East Midlands.

Old Spilsby: medieval settlement and cultivation remains south east of Partney Bridge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014704. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Old Spilsby: medieval settlement and cultivation remains south east of Partney Bridge?

Old Spilsby is a medieval settlement and cultivation remains located south east of Partney Bridge in Lincolnshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014704.

Who is responsible for protecting Old Spilsby: medieval settlement and cultivation remains south east of Partney Bridge?

Old Spilsby: medieval settlement and cultivation remains south east of Partney Bridge 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 1014704.

What other scheduled monuments are near Old Spilsby: medieval settlement and cultivation remains south east of Partney Bridge?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Churchyard cross, St Nicholas's churchyard (1.1 km), Spilsby market cross (1.2 km), Eresby Hall: the remains of a post-medieval house and gardens overlying a medieval manor house (2.3 km).

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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.
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Target Zones
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Old Spilsby: medieval settlement and cultivation remains south east of Partney Bridge

Old Spilsby: medieval settlement and cultivation remains south east of Partney Bridge stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Old Spilsby: medieval settlement and cultivation remains south east of Partney Bridge

Battle of Winceby (1643)Battle (1643) · ~5.9 miles