Carlton-le-Moorland explained

Country:England
Static Image:St.Mary's church, Carlton-le-Moorland, Lincs. - geograph.org.uk - 57315.jpg
Static Image Width:240px
Static Image Caption:Church of St Mary, Carlton-le-Moorland
Coordinates:53.1167°N -0.65°W
Official Name:Carlton-le-Moorland
Population:565
Population Ref:(2011)
Shire District:North Kesteven
Shire County:Lincolnshire
Region:East Midlands
Constituency Westminster:Sleaford and North Hykeham
Post Town:Lincoln
Postcode District:LN5
Postcode Area:LN
Os Grid Reference:SK906581
London Distance Mi:110
London Direction:S

Carlton-le-Moorland, is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, between Newark-on-Trent and Lincoln. The parish had a population at the 2011 census of 565.[1]

Heritage

Carlton-le-Moorland is listed in the Domesday Book as having of 29 households, 255acres of meadow, and a church.

The parish church is a Grade I listed building dedicated to Saint Mary. It dates from the 11th century, but the nave and tower were rebuilt in the late 16th century. It was restored in 1890–1891 by C. Hodgson Fowler. The font is from the 12th century. Outside, the Grade II listed lychgate was installed in 1918 as a war memorial.

St Lazarus Hospital, a leper colony in Carlton-le-Moorland founded before 1180, was maintained by the Order of Saint Lazarus. It is not known when it closed.[2] According to England and the Crusades, 1095–1588, Nigel of Amundeville gave land at Carlton-le-Moorland to the brethren of the Order of Burton Lazars about 1242, probably because some of his family suffered from leprosy. His father, Ralf, had given land in 1180 for the same purpose, as did his brother Elias, whose own daughter was a sufferer.[3]

The Knights Templar and a monastic order owned lands in and around the parish in the Middle Ages. Eventually the Disney family, with its main branch in Norton Disney, acquired the local estates that had been monastic holdings in the 16th century. There are Disneys buried in the church. There used also to be a manor house opposite the church, where the Disneys lived before moving to Somerton Castle.

Amenities

The parish council owns the village hall, the playing fields, and "The Sands", an area of amenity land and allotments. Over the last couple of decades, the village has undergone some housing development. It has a pub called the White Hart.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Civil parish population 2011 . 25 April 2016 . Office for National Statistics . Neighbourhood Statistics.
  2. 326121 . St Lazarus Hospital . 7 August 2011.
  3. Book: Christopher Tyerman

    . England and the Crusades, 1095–1588 . 1996 . University of Chicago Press . 978-0-226-82013-2 . Tyerman, Christopher . Christopher Tyerman . 7 August 2011 . 205–206.