More information : [TF 48747880] The Priory on site of Augustinian Priory [GT]. (1)
The foundations date of St Peter's Augustinian Priory is uncertain. V.C.H. suggests temp. Henry II. The house is apparently first mentioned in 1204. It was dissolved in 1536.
A moat remains, surrounding the church of St Peter [see
TF 47 NE 10]. (2-4)
The site comprises an extensive perimeter moat enclosing earthworks and fishponds.
Published survey (25") revised.
The "Priory" - now a farmhouse is 17th century stone encased brick; the owner of the property (Mr Kershaw) states that "massive" stone foundations have been encountered in many places within the moat. (5)
[TF 488788] Medieval pottery and roof tiles found fieldwalking in ploughed field. (6)
TF 488 788. Markby Priory. Scheduled no. LI/189. (7)
The Medieval priory earthworks, referred to by the previous
authorities, have been mapped from good quality air photographs.
The 'perimeter' moat referred to by authority 5, is probably a
precinct moat not unlike those found at other monastic sites in Lincolnshire. The moat encloses an asymmetric rectilinear area, measuring 270m by 180m, centred at TF 4874 7880. It is apparently subdivided by ditched boundaries into two areas; a roughly square area north of the Parish Church (TF 47 NE 10), measuring 140m across, and an area to the south of this. Both areas are further subdivided. The possible remains of six buildings are visible in the interior of both areas of the moat, centred at TF 4872 7874, TF 4873 7876, TF 4877 7875, TF 4874 7876, TF 4874 7884, TF 4875 7883. The buildings are visible as rectangular enclosures defined by low banks or earth covered walls, ranging in size from 5m by 5m to 10m by 10m. A mound in the top right hand of the moat could be the remains of another structure. The function or date of the building is not clear. Three fishponds are centred at TF 4881 7893, TF 4882 7881, TF 4881 7865. There is a complex of fishponds to the south west that is probably connected with the priory (see TF 47 NE 45). It is likely that, as at many other
monastic sites in Lincolnshire, there is Post Medieval occupation on the site of the priory, possibly a house and gardens. The development of any house and gardens would inevitably affect the earthworks of the priory but it was not possible to positively identify Post Medieval disturbance from the available air photographs. Medieval settlement remains are visible adjacent to the priory but there relationship to the priory is not clear. (Morph No. LI.384.5.1-12)
This description is based on data from the RCHME MORPH2 database.
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