Gainsthorpe

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Overview of Gainsthorpe

Gainsthorpe is a deserted medieval village site in a field which is part of the present Gainsthorpe Farm in Lincolnshire, England.<ref>Template:Cite PastScape</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The site is in Hibaldstow civil parish located on a minor road west of the A15 road, south of Hibaldstow and Template:Convert south-west of Brigg.<ref>Template:Cite map Gainsthorpe DMV Template:Gbmappingsmall</ref>

It is now in the care of English Heritage. There is a small car park from where a footpath of about Template:Convert 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.

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