Castle Carlton

Castle Carlton
Castle Carlton
Castle Carlton shown within Lincolnshire
OS grid reference	TF398837
• London	130 mi (210 km) S
Civil parish	Reston
District	East Lindsey
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Louth
Postcode district	LN11
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Louth and Horncastle
List of places UK England Lincolnshire 53°19′55″N 0°05′58″E / 53.331898°N 0.099365°E / 53.331898; 0.099365Coordinates: 53°19′55″N 0°05′58″E / 53.331898°N 0.099365°E / 53.331898; 0.099365

Castle Carlton is a hamlet in the civil parish of Reston (where population details are included) in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 5 miles (8 km) south from Louth, and just north from the A157 road.

At Castle Carlton there is a wide moat surrounding a mound on which stood a twelfth-century motte and bailey castle, most likely wooden, founded by Justiciar Hugh Bardolph, who is said to have slain a monster.

The village had established itself as a commercial centre by the thirteenth century, reputedly after Hugh Bardolph developed it as a "new town", and it was sometimes known as Market Carlton. Today it is considered a deserted medieval village, or DMV.

The church was dedicated to the Holy Cross, and was a small Perpendicular building. It was demolished in 1902.

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