Holme Spinney, Beckingham

In the civil parish of Beckingham. In the historic county of Lincolnshire (Modern Authority of Lincolnshire, 1974 county of Lincolnshire).

Manor of Holme at Domesday belonged to Gilbert de Gant, Baron of Folkingham. Manor granted to Elias de Foliot circa 1155. Chapel built on site before 1200, and a chantry created in 1237. Castle and manor confiscated after King John's reign when in the possession of Wischard Ledet (a rebel baron) and granted to Ralph de Briewere.The manor descended to the Latimer and Furnival families. Appears to have been abandoned in the mid C14. Has never appeared on OS Maps despite the motte being 3.4m high, and surrounded by ditches, enclosing one, possibly two, baileys, over am deep. The site was finally surveyed by OS in 1964 but levelled by the landowner in 1971. It was partially excavated in 1971, after the levelling, but the excavation was very poorly recorded.

This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle.

The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.

Cropmarks/slight earthworks remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SK87535187

PastScape Defra ELS number; 324224

Journal Articles

Bond, C.J. (ed), 1979, Moated Sites Research Group report Vol6 p49
Foster, C.W., 1924, Lincolnshire Record Society Vol19 p58

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Holme Spinney, Beckingham

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SK87535187

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