What is recorded here

Kingerby Hall sits inside a broad-ditched enclosure that began as a motte and bailey castle before fire destroyed it in 1216. The wounded earth was reshaped into a moated manor platform, while an Augustinian priory and planned village grew around the church. James Young replaced the late medieval house in 1812, smoothing part of the ancient ditch for landscaping. Beneath the present grounds remain Roman bones, medieval hearths, church lands and the buried shape of a castle that stopped being a weapon but never stopped being a boundary.

The National Heritage List for England records Medieval castle and ecclesiastical complex, Kingerby as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Built in the 12th century, Kingerby Castle was constructed by the de Kingerby family, a prominent local landholding family. It is remembered for its strategic position in Lincolnshire and its association with the nearby Augustinian priory, highlighting the region's medieval religious and military significance.

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