Little Carlton is a village and
civil parish
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in the
East Lindsey district
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of
Lincolnshire
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, England. It is situated approximately east from the town of
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.
An
Anglo-Saxon settlement dating from the 7th-century was discovered in the village after a local metal detectorist found a wide range of metal artefacts including twenty styli, coins, pins and
trade weights and a lead tablet engraved with the female Anglo-Saxon name 'Cudberg'. An excavation by
Dr Hugh Willmott from the archaeology department of
Sheffield University
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found a 7th-century cemetery, timbered buildings as well as, high status ceramics and glass, as well as further ecclesiastical metal objects.
Dr Hugh Willmott from the University said the finds suggest the settlement was a "high-status ecclesiastical and trading site and not an ordinary village".
The church was dedicated to
St Edith and was largely rebuilt in 1837. It was declared redundant by the
Diocese of Lincoln in 1981 and closed. Despite it being Grade II
listed
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in 1986, it was demolished in 1993.
Excavation work and a
survey
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were carried out during the demolition, during which a number of blocked doorways and windows were identified. Part of a late 10th-century or early 11th-century grave cover was used as rubble-fill in the south wall of the
nave
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between the two main windows.
Little Carlton had a
windmill
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and
watermill
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.
[ The watermill was built in 1820 by J. Saunderson, engineer of Louth, for Joseph Bond.]
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Villages in Lincolnshire
Civil parishes in Lincolnshire
East Lindsey District