A place a day knights Templar preceptory south Witham

 Visible from the pillbox on North Witham road are the sites of the remains of South Witham knights Templar preceptory, watermill and fishponds.




The Knights Templar had a small house at South Witham founded before 1164, dissolved 1308-12. It was one of the smallest preceptories in England, and by 1309 was already in decline. The property passed to the Hospitallers and was later merged with Temple Bruer. In 1563 the lands called Great Temple were granted to Stephen Holford. In 1794 it was still uninhabited, and has since been largely used for grazing. Aerial photographs show traces of associated earthworks around the OS siting. {1} Part of the site was excavated by Philip Mayes in the mid 1960s. The excavations revealed chapel, buildings, barns, stables, kitchens, brewhouse, corndrying kilns, metal-working areas, etc. On the east the farmstead was bounded by the river Witham which flows south to north was dammed at the north end to form a mill pond. None of the mill machinery itself has survived, but the mill race and the sluice gates were well-preserved, and in the waterlogged area at the bottom of the mill run, parts of the wooden water wheel were preserved. The millpond downstream of the mill was cobbled to prevent the water eroding the dam. {4}{7}


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Site of South Witham, Knight's Templar Preceptory, South Witham, Grantham NG33 5QQ





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