CASTLE CARLTON

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A Medieval planned 'town' thought to be of 12th century origin. The new town was apparently laid out in 50 or 52 tofts. The remains of these Medieval tofts and crofts are visible as earthworks and on aerial photographs. Castle Carlton was an established commercial centre by the 13th century and was sometimes known as Market Carlton.

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Site of DMV of Castle Carlton which is not mentioned in Domesday. (1)

The remains of Medieval tofts and crofts were visible as earthworks
around the modern village of Castle Carlton and these have been
mapped from good quality air photographs. The tofts and crofts
were visible as fragmentary, rectilinear, ditch defined enclosures
north and south of the road that runs through the village. They
are centred at TF 3965 8353, TF 3975 8350, TF 3991 8369 and
TF 3982 8379. (Morph No. LI.147.5.1-5)

There is thought to be a twelfth century charter granting Hugh
Bardolf the right to develop a 'new town' at Castle Carlton and
therefore give it borough status. The new town was apparently laid
out in 50 or 52 tofts and incentives were offered to encourage
people to live there. Castle Carlton was an established commercial
centre by the thirteenth century and was sometimes known as Market
Carlton.

A field walking exercise in 1977/1978 found Medieval pottery scatters
throughout the remains of the tofts and crofts.
(2a-b)

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(1) edited by Maurice Beresford and John G Hurst 1971 Deserted medieval villages : studies

1971 Page(s)193

(2) RCHME/EH Aerial Photographers Comment

Helen Winton/22-JAN-1993/RCHME: Lincolnshire NMP

(2a) by A E B Owen 1992 Castle Carlton: the origins of a medieval `New Town'

Lincolnshire history and archaeologyvol 1 (1966) -

(2b) General reference

Everson P, "Occupation du sol au moyen age et a l'epoque moderne dans le nord du Lincolnshire" in "La prospection archaeologique : paysage et peuplement" DAF No. 3 (1986)

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