Scrafield

{{Short description|Deserted medieval village in Lincolnshire, England}}

{{Use British English|date=December 2013}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}

{{Infobox UK place

| static_image_name= Grass Verge, Scrafield - geograph.org.uk - 479114.jpg

| static_image_alt=

| static_image_caption= Scrafield

| country = England

| official_name= Scrafield

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| coordinates = {{coord|53.201|-0.0488|type:city(50)_region:GB|display=inline,title}}

| population=

| population_ref=

| civil_parish = Mareham on the Hill

| shire_district= East Lindsey

| shire_county = Lincolnshire

| region= East Midlands

| constituency_westminster= Louth and Horncastle

| post_town= Horncastle

| postcode_district = LN9

| postcode_area= LN

| dial_code=

| os_grid_reference= TF304689

| london_distance_mi= 120

| london_direction= S

}}

Scrafield is a hamlet and a deserted medieval village (DMV){{PastScape|mnumber=1052024|mname=Scrafield DMV|accessdate=20 June 2011}} in the civil parish of Mareham on the Hill, in the East Lindsey district, in the county of Lincolnshire, England. It is approximately {{convert|4|mi|km}} south-east of the town of Horncastle. In 1931 the parish had a population of 24.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10450184/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Scrafield CP/AP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=22 November 2023}} On 1 April 1936 the parish was abolished to form Mareham on the Hill.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10450184|title=Relationships and changes Scrafield CP/AP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=22 November 2023}}

The village was not listed in Domesday Book of 1086, but first mentioned in documentary sources in 1183.{{cite web|title=Lincs to the Past|url=http://www.lincstothepast.com/Site-of-medieval-village-of-Scrafield/229292.record?pt=S|work=Scrafield DMV|publisher=Lincolnshire Archives|accessdate=20 June 2011}}

Scrafield church was dedicated to Saint Michael but fell into disrepair, and by 1842 it had gone, although the churchyard was still used.{{cite web|title=Lincs to the Past|url=http://www.lincstothepast.com/SITE-OF-ST-MICHAEL-S-CHURCH--SCRAFIELD/227187.record?pt=S|work=St Michaels Church Scrafield|publisher=Lincolnshire Archives|accessdate=20 June 2011}}{{cite web|title=Scrafield|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Scrafield/|work=|publisher=Genuki|accessdate=20 June 2011}} The northern part of the churchyard was levelled in 1977, and only a single 18th-century gravestone is visible today.

Present-day maps show a small number of buildings at Scrafield House.{{Cite web |title=Scrafield, East Lindsey |url=https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/scrafield-east-lindsey |website=GetOutside |publisher=Ordnance Survey |access-date=11 October 2023}}