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Friskney Manor House

In the civil parish of Friskney.
In the historic county of Lincolnshire.
Modern Authority of Lincolnshire.
1974 county of Lincolnshire.

OS Map Grid Reference: TF44925554
Latitude 53.07742° Longitude 0.16224°

Friskney Manor House has been described as a Fortified Manor House although is doubtful that it was such.

There are earthwork remains.

Description

Possible site of moated manor house and fishponds. The site is now occupied by a 19th century farmhouse and there are no traces of the earlier building. Two arms of the moat survive, along with four fishponds to the south and the remains of a possible outer moat. (PastScape)

One of 3 moated sites in area one of which may mark the site of building licensed 1303 to Ralph Friskney Although the site at Friskney Hall is generally considered to be the most likely site. This is marked 'site of Manor House' on 1894 OS map, where it is shown as a small square moat surrounded by earthworks which look like fishponds.

Links to mapping and other online resources
Data >	PastScape	County HER		Listing
Maps >	OS getamap	Streetmap	Old-Maps	Where's the path
Data/Maps >	Magic	V. O. B.	Geology	EarthTools
Air Photos >	Bing Maps	Google Maps	Getmapping	Flashearth
Photos >	CastleFacts	Geograph	Flickr	Panoramio

Sources of information, references and further reading

National Heritage List for England Listed Building number(s) " , "
English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 355185.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) 41791".

Books
- Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of the East Midlands (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 69 (slight)
  Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales Vol. 2 East Anglia, Central England and Wales (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) p. 327
Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)
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Other sources: Theses; 'grey' literature; in-house reports; unpublished works; etc.
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This record last updated on Monday, July 29, 2013

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