Owmby

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Owmby is a hamlet in Lincolnshire

Parish/Community: Searby cum Owmby
District/Borough: West Lindsey
County: Lincolnshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 53°31'49"N 0°22'31"W
Eastings/Northings: 507778, 404961
OS Grid: TA077049
Mapcode Local: GBR TWTM.H6
Mapcode Global: WHGGQ.6JGG

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

Owmby in historic gazetteers

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

Owmby, hamlet, Searby par., Lincolnshire, 4 miles NW. of Caistor.

Owmby in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Grimkel
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Percy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £3 in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 11 freemen
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (4 ³⁄₄ plough lands)
- Meadow: 40 acres
- Mills: 1, value 2 shillings
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Morcar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
- Meadow: 10 acres
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Grimbald Krakr
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
- Households: 1 villager
- Plough Teams: ³⁄₈ men's plough
- Meadow: 8 acres

British Place Names

Owmby, Lincolnshire

Owmby is a hamlet in Lincolnshire

Owmby in historic gazetteers

Owmby in the Domesday Book