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Ailby
Hob Uid: 355553
Location : Lincolnshire East Lindsey Rigsby with Ailby, Alford
Grid Ref : TF4380076880
Summary : Medieval deserted village, documented in Domesday. Features including crofts, field boundaries and ridge and furrow visible as earthworks.
More information : [Area: TF 43827677] The village of Ailby is mentioned in 1086 and 1242. Aleby in Rigsby in 1334. (1-2) Very slight traces of earthworks are visible on air photographs. (3) The earthworks noted by authy. 3 are field roads, drainage and quarrying and are not representative of desertion. The village was probably centred about where the present farm house and cottages stand, but no extant remains were noted. (4) The Medieval settlement referred to by the previous authorities was visible as earthworks and mapped from good quality air photographs. The remains of tofts extend south from the modern Ailby Farmhouse. These are visible as five ditch defined conjoined enclosures centred at TF 4380 7688. Within one of the tofts is the remains of a possible stack stand or building. It is defined by banks, measures approximately 5m by 5m and is centred at TF 4385 7691. To the east of the tofts the remains of crofts are visible containing four blocks of ridge and furrow separated by ditch defined field boundaries. These are on average 80m in length and centred at TF 4386 7689. More ridge and furrow and the fragmentary remains of croft boundaries are visible to the south and west of the main settlement remains at TF 4390 7671 and TF 4354 7689. (Morph No. LI.130.1.1-7) This description is based on data from the RCHME MORPH2 database. (5)

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Source details : Linc. Record Soc. 19, 1924, Lxviii, Lxxvii. (C.W. Foster)
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Source details : Lost Villages of England 1954 363 (MW Beresford)
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Source details : APs (RAF 3G/TUD/UK/195 Pt.4 10.5.46 5348 5349)
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Source details : F1 BHS 02-JUN-64
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : Helen Winton/16-DEC-1992/RCHME: Lincolnshire NMP
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Deserted Settlement, Toft, Croft, Mound, Stack Stand, Field Boundary, Ridge And Furrow, Building
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : MORPH2
External Cross Reference Number : LI.130.1
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TF 47 NW 13
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1964-06-02
End Date : 1964-06-02

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 1992-07-01
End Date : 1997-03-01

Historic England Research Records

Ailby