Gainsthorpe is a deserted medieval village (DMV) site in a field which is part of the present Gainsthorpe Farm in Lincolnshire, England. The site is in Hibaldstow parish located on a minor road west of the A15, south of Hibaldstow and 5 miles south-west of Brigg. In England there are reckoned to be more than 3,000 Deserted Medieval Village (DMV) sites. ... Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the East Midlands of England, traditionally the second largest after Yorkshire. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (2001) - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... Brigg (fully Glanford Brigg) in Lincolnshire, England, is a small market town on the River Ancholme with a population of 5,076 (2001 census). ...
It is now in the care of English Heritage. There is a small car park from where a footpath of about two hundred metres leads to the site. The typical medieval layout of sunken roads and raised rectangular tofts and crofts is clearly seen in the humps and hollows of the field. English Heritage is a United Kingdom government body with a broad remit of managing the historic environment of England. ...
The typical medieval layout of sunken roads and raised rectangular tofts and crofts is clearly seen in the humps and hollows of the field.
Gainsthorpe lost village was called ‘Gamelstorp’ in Domesday Book, 1086, where Gamal is an old Danish personal name.
Perhaps this is what happened to Gainsthorpe; the peasants were evicted, and they crossed back over Ermine Street and rejoined the larger settlement of Hibaldstow, leaving a deserted village for sheep to nibble and for historians to ponder.
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