Grainsby

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Grainsby is a hamlet in Lincolnshire

Other current and historical names

Grenesbi

Parish/Community: Grainsby
District/Borough: East Lindsey
County: Lincolnshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 53°28'35"N 0°4'27"W
Eastings/Northings: 527897, 399475
OS Grid: TF278994
Mapcode Local: GBR WXX7.PH
Mapcode Global: WHHJ5.TWR6

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Grainsby within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Grainsby in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Grainsby, par., N. Lincolnshire, 6½ m. S. of Grimsby, 1167 ac., pop. 148; contains the seat of Grainsby Hall.

Grainsby in the Domesday Book

A village in Haverstoe hundred, in the county of Lincolnshire.

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Leofsi; Spillir; Aethelstan son of Godram
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Wimund of Tessel (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 10/- in 1066; £4 in 1086
- Households: 12 villagers; 4 smallholders; 13 freemen
- Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 3 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 51 acres

British Place Names

Grainsby, Lincolnshire

Grainsby is a hamlet in Lincolnshire

Grainsby in historic gazetteers

Grainsby in the Domesday Book