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Mere
Hob Uid: 349384
Location : Lincolnshire North Kesteven Branston and Mere
Grid Ref : TF0100065200
Summary : Medieval village seen as earthworks. A church is recorded from documentary sources.
More information : TF 010 652 (1) Mere was a village of some importance with a church. The parish was united to Branston in 1418 and, by 1428, there were fewer than 10 householders. Many foundations remain. (1-2) The traces of this village are confined to the small park centred TF 008 652 in which Mere Hall stands. They consist of amorphous earthworks with occasional disconnected stretches of walling breaking the surface.The church was probably that of St. John's Hospital (see TF 06 N.W.1). (3) The amorphous earthworks described by the previous authorities were seen on RAF vertical photographs at the grid reference stated. Also seen were some soilmarks in the field to the north at TF 0115 6535. No coherent pattern could be discerned, nothing was drawn. (4)

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Source details : Lost Villages of England 1954 309 361 (MW Beresford)
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Source details : Little Guide Lincs. 2nd Edn. 1924 229-30. (J.C. Cox)
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Source details : F1 BHS 25-SEP-64
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Source details : Antonia Kershaw/11-DEC-1996/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 : Village, Church
Evidence : Earthwork, Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TF 06 NW 6
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1964-09-25
End Date : 1964-09-25

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