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Castle Lidget, Maltby

Has been described as a Rejected Uncertain

There are no visible remains

Name	Castle Lidget, Maltby
Alternative Names	le Castle lyddehat
Historic Country	Yorkshire
Modern Authority	Rotherham
1974 Authority	South Yorkshire
Civil Parish	Maltby

This name was recorded (PNWR) as early as 1335 as LE CASTLE LYDDEHAT (Yorkshire Deeds). The name, though no locatable remains, survive in the UPPER CASTLE LIDGET QUARTER and, to its NE, LOWER CASTLE LIDGET QUARTER, in Maltby Wood, E of town and S. of pitheap between SK 543 915 and SK 550 921. Also CASTLE REINS (1844 TA fn). (Sneyd 1995)

Gatehouse Comments

Possibly a place name identifying a part of the demense of a local castle (either Laughton-en-le-Morthen or, more probably, Tickhill). The place name 'reinn' means boundary strip (Jepson) so Castle Reins may also be a place name identifying the boundary of demense lands. If this was woodland in the medieval period then Tickhill, which is a manor without much woodland itself, would have needed some demense woodland in this adjacent manor, part of the same lordship - The Honour of Tickhill (aka The Honour of Blyth).

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

County Historic Environment Record

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OS Map Grid Reference	SK540910
Latitude	53.4195785522461
Longitude	-1.18011999130249
Eastings	454000
Northings	391000