More information : SK 835 885 Gainsborough deer park occupied about 144ha in the SE
corner of the parish, identifiable as a coherent block of enclosed
fields on early estate plans, the majority with `Park' names. A park
may be indicated by grant of free warren in the 13th century; by 1601
it was disparked into closes. Traces of ridge-and-furrow, now
levelled, are extensive on early APs. A moated site associated with
a park keeper's lodge or house lies within the deer park, recorded in
SK 88 NW 7. (1)
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