Castle Carlton

Castle Carlton
Castle Carlton
Castle Carlton shown within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference TF398837
• London 130 mi (210 km) S
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Louth
Postcode district LN11
Police Lincolnshire
Fire Lincolnshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK Parliament

Castle Carlton is a hamlet in the civil parish of Reston (where population details are included) in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 5 miles (8 km) south from Louth, and just north from the A157 road.

At Castle Carlton there is a wide moat surrounding a mound on which stood a twelfth-century motte and bailey castle, most likely wooden, founded by Justiciar Hugh Bardolph,[1][2] who is said to have slain a monster.[3]

The village had established itself as a commercial centre by the thirteenth century, reputedly after Hugh Bardolph developed it as a "new town", and it was sometimes known as Market Carlton.[4] Today it is considered a deserted medieval village, or DMV.[5]

The church was dedicated to the Holy Cross, and was a small Perpendicular building. It was demolished in 1902.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Castle UK". Castle - Carlton Castle. Castle UK. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  2. ↑ "Lincs To The Past". Castle Hill, Castle Carlton. Lincolnshire Archives. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  3. ↑ Thorold, Henry; Yates, Jack (1965). Shell Guide To Lincolnshire. Faber and Faber, London. p. 44.
  4. ↑ Historic England. "Castle Carlton (893278)". PastScape. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  5. ↑ "Lincs To The Past". Medieval Surface Finds From The Site Of Castle Carlton DMV. Lincolnshire Archives. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  6. ↑ "Lincs To The Past". Holy Cross Church. Lincolnshire Archives. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
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