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Fleet is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies on Delph Bank, south-east from Holbeach. Fleet Grade I listed Anglican church, dating from the late 12th century, is dedicated to St Mary Magdalene.〔("Church of St Mary Magdalene" ), ''National Heritage List for England'', English Heritage. Retrieved 29 July 2011〕 The church tower with spire is detached from the nave by . The fabric is mainly Decorated in style, with Early English arcades and a Perpendicular west window. According to ''Cox'' (1916), the church was restored in 1860, when the chancel was rebuilt, although the canopied sedilia was retained.〔Cox, J. Charles (1916) ''Lincolnshire'' pp. 126, 127; Methuen & Co. Ltd〕〔''Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull'' 1885, p. 394〕 In 1964 ''Pevsner'' noted 1798 repairs and considered the church "over-restored". He dated a chancel rebuild to 1843, questioned if it was "done correctly", and recorded Victorian tracery in the aisle windows, a blocked doorway to a previous chapel in the chancel, "fine busts of great variety", a Decorated-style sedilia and piscina with ogee arches and crocketed gables, a reredos dated 1790, and a defaced 14th-century effigy.〔Pevsner, Nikolaus; Harris, John; ''The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire'' p. 526, 527; Penguin, (1964); revised by Nicholas Antram (1989), Yale University Press. ISBN 0300096208〕 ''Pevsner'' also recorded an 1854 red-brick rectory designed by Benjamin Ferrey, and a motte south-west of the village where 11th- and 12th-century pottery has been found.〔 The English Heritage record for the now ploughed-down motte site details finds from the Iron Age to the 18th century.〔("Monument No. 353734" ), ''National Monuments Record'', English Heritage. Retrieved 5 July 2012〕〔 Site of motte, south-west of Fleet〕 ==See also== * Fleet Hargate, a village within Fleet civil parish. * Gedney, a village and civil parish to the east. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fleet, Lincolnshire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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