Dalby Old Hall Holt

Has been described as a Possible Timber Castle (Motte)

There are cropmark/slight earthwork remains

NameDalby Old Hall Holt
Alternative NamesPartney; Parthenai
Historic CountryLincolnshire
Modern AuthorityLincolnshire
1974 AuthorityLincolnshire
Civil ParishDalby

Partney: Castle mentioned in a charter of 1141-2 (Bodelian MS. Fairfax IX, f. 105v, cited in Early Yorkshire Charters X, pp. 114-5) perhaps that at Dalby (TF 412698). (Renn)

Gatehouse Comments

Nothing is recorded at Renn's map reference in PastScape. The location is marked 'Moat' on the 1891 OS map. Nothing apparent on aerial photo. Is this 'moat' a bailey ditch for a motte in small wood called Old Hall Holt? Map hints of circular feature in wood and part outlined by boundary fence. Earthworks of DMV recorded to north of site. What was the relationship between Partney and Dalby? They are adjacent parishes. The loss of Dalby village somewhat distorts the modern map. Domesday records Partney and Dalby as distinctly different manors. The main manor of Partney was held by Gilbert de Ghent in 1086, that of Dalby by Hugh, earl of Chester. Good tenurial histories of Lincolnshire manors are scant but there is little to suggest these manors were ever in the same hands or otherwise confused. There is a possibility this earthwork does represent a defended manor house of the C12 but is is unlikely it was the recorded castle of Partney. See Partney.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceTF412698
Latitude53.2065505981445
Longitude0.111639998853207
Eastings541200
Northings369800
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Books

  • Osborne, Mike, 2010, Defending Lincolnshire: A Military History from Conquest to Cold War (The History Press) p. 32
  • Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of the East Midlands (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 69 (slight)
  • Renn, D.F., 1973 (2 edn.), Norman Castles of Britain (London: John Baker) p. 272

Primary Sources

  • Clay, C.T. (ed.), 1955, Early Yorkshire Charters Vol. X: The Trussebut Fee, with some Charters of the Ros Fee (Yorkshire Archaeological Society Record Series Extra Series 8) p. 114-5