Friskney Hall

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Friskeneye

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

One of 3 moated sites in area one of which may mark the site of building licensed 1303 to Ralph Friskney. This is marked site of Friskney Hall on the 1894 OS map. Earthwork evidence indicates a possible courtyard house surrounded by a moat. An excavation in 1802 uncovered fragments of a possible Roman aqueduct, while a stone coffin bearing the effigy of a knight in late C14 armour was discovered in the early C20.

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

A Royal licence to crenellate was granted in 1303 Jan 30.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TF463556

Modern Map from

Good for landscape form and features

Modern Map from

Good for general location

Air Photo from

1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 355142

Books

Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of the East Midlands (Malvern) p69 [slight]
Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses Vol2 (Cambridge) p327
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p404

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 (1301-7) p103

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