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Summary

Site of the Church of St Peter, Kirkby la Thorpe

Full description

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A church is mentioned in the Domesday Book at Burgh. It is thought that this may be the church of St Peter, which was recorded in Kirkby (Burgh seems to have become part of Kirkby in the latter part of the medieval period). In the appropriation of Sempringham Abbey in 1209, St Peter's remained a vicarage until united to the rectory of St Denis in 1593. The church was in ruins by the end of the century. {1}{2}{3}{4}{5}
Three stone slabs, one with mouldings, were seen in a ditch about 200m to the west of the church site and it is possible that these slabs are from the fabric of the demolished church. {6}

<1> Ordnance Survey, Kirkby la Thorpe OS card index, TF 04 NE:17 (Index). SLI2584.

<2> Roffe, D., 2000, The lost settlement of Burg refound?, - (Unpublished Document). SLI10129.

<3> Kirkby la Thorpe SMR cards, TF 04 NE:CO (Index). SLI3111.

<4> Edward Trollope, 1872, Sleaford and the Wapentakes of Flaxwell and Aswardhurn in the County of Lincoln, p 416-17 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI920.

<5> William White, 1856, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire - Second Edition, pp 547-48 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI886.

<6> NORTH KESTEVEN RECORDS, NK 34.49 (Index). SLI2106.

<7> Yerburgh, Dr Richard, 1825, Sketches Illustrative of the Topography and History of New and Old Sleaford, p 269 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI1054.

Monument Types

• CHURCH (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1100 AD? to 1600 AD?)

Protected Status

• SHINE

Sources and further reading

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