Eresby Manor

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Eresby Hall

In the civil parish of Spilsby.
In the historic county of Lincolnshire (Modern Authority of Lincolnshire, 1974 county of Lincolnshire).

The remains of a C13 manor house, licensed 1276, altered during C15, were found during excavations. This was replaced by a C16 hall with associated formal garden, ponds and bowling green, which survive as earthworks, and a tree avenue. The manor of Eresby was held by the Willoughby family, also of Grimsthorpe Castle in the south of Lincolnshire.

This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Masonry footings remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.
This site is a Grade 2 listed building protected by law*. (Images of England number 196179)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TF39466517

PastScape number; 354061

Books

Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of the East Midlands (Malvern) p48
Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses Vol2 (Cambridge) p221
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p403

Journal Articles

Thompson, M.W., 1986, 'Associated monasteries and castles in the Middle Ages: a tentative list' Archaeological Journal Vol143 p319
Everson, P and Hayes, T. (eds N Field and A White), 1984, A prospect of Lincolnshire, being collected articles on the history and traditions of Lincolnshire in honour of Ethel H Rudkin p39
Rudkin, E.H., 1974, East Midland Archaeological Bulletin Vol10 p34
Whitwell, J.B., 1973, East Midland Archaeological Bulletin Vol9 p29
Wilson, C,M., 1971, Lincolnshire History and Archaeology Vol6 p11
Foster, V.W., 1924, Lincolnshire Record Society Vol19 lxxxvi

Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)

Calendar of Patent Rolls (1272-81) p141
Calendar of Patent Rolls (1272-81) p158

Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)

Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p303

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*The listed building may not be the actual medieval building, but a building on the site of, or incorporating fragments of, the described site.

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Eresby Manor

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TF39466517

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