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Archive: Documents and Charters

Horncastle Canal research
 By 1793, due mainly to the drive of one man, Sir Joseph Banks of Revesby Abbey, work on construction of a canal linking Horncastle to the river Witham had commenced.
 
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The History of St Mary's Church
 The definitive history of Horncastle Church by Norman Clarke, transcribed by Horncastle Civic Society. Norman kindly allowed the Civic Society permission to use this material.
 
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The origin and continued existence of Horncastle as a market town
 

The origin and continued existence of seigneurial country market towns in Lincolnshire depended on a number of factors, the most important ones being the site of the settlement, its distance from other villages, and road and river communications.

This publication is a set of 8 PDF files contained within a ZIP file - "Norman_Clarke_book.zip". They are chapters of a book that Norman Clarke was going to publish. The chapters cover:
1: Introduction
2: The Lordship of the Manor and Soke, Seigniory, Honour or Liberty of Horncastle
3: Horncastle Charters and Court Leet Byelaws
4: Wildmore Fen and Horncastle Manor and Soke
5: Horncastle Manorial Court Leet Byelaws
6: The Early Law in Action
7: Horncastle Population Trends
8: The Ancient Charters, Markets and Fairs of Horncastle
 
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