Fleet, Lincolnshire

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In 1086, Fleet was listed as Fleot (Old English: the stream, estuary or creek), in the wapentake of Elloe in the Parts of Holland of Lincolnshire.[1]

The Grade I listed Church of England parish church, dating from the late 12th century, is dedicated to St Mary Magdalene.[2] The Script error: No such module "convert". church tower with spire is detached from the nave by Script error: No such module "convert".. The fabric is mainly Decorated in style, with Early English arcades and a Perpendicular west window. According to Cox (1916), the church was restored in 1860, when the chancel was rebuilt, although the canopied sedilia was retained.[3][4] In 1964 Pevsner noted 1798 repairs and considered the church "over-restored". He dated a chancel rebuild to 1843, questioned if it was "done correctly", and recorded Victorian tracery in the aisle windows, a blocked doorway to a previous chapel in the chancel, "fine busts of great variety", a Decorated-style sedilia and piscina with ogee arches and crocketed gables, a reredos dated 1790, and a defaced 14th-century effigy.[5]

Pevsner also recorded an 1854 red-brick rectory designed by Benjamin Ferrey and restored in 2005 by Steven Holmes and Peter Day. A motte south-west of the village where 11th- and 12th-century pottery has been found.[5] The English Heritage record for the now ploughed-down motte site details finds from the Iron Age to the 18th century.[6][7]

See also

  • Fleet Hargate, a village within Fleet civil parish.
  • Gedney, a village and civil parish to the east.

References

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  1. Open Domesday Online: Fleet, Lincolnshire
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  3. Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire pp. 126, 127; Methuen & Co. Ltd
  4. Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885, p. 394
  5. a b Pevsner, Nikolaus; Harris, John; The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire p. 526, 527; Penguin, (1964); revised by Nicholas Antram (1989), Yale University Press. Template:ISBN
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External links

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