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Lincolnshire I-N

Immingham
Imungeham / Mingeham: William de Percy; Norman d'Arci.
Port.
Ingham
Ingeham / Lagerham: Bishop of Bayeux and Ilbert from him; Bishop of Lincoln and Erchenold from him; Mainard from Roger de Poitou; Colsuan and Roger and Anschitil from him; Gocelin FitzLanbert; Rayner de Brimou; Ernuin from the king and queen.

Ingleby
Englebi: Bishop of Bayeux and Colsuan and Wadard from him; Berengar from Robert de Tosny; William de Percy.

Ingoldsby
Goldesbi / Ingoldesbi: Gilbert de Ghent; Walter d'Aincourt; Robert Malet; Colegrim, the pre-Conquest holder; Aschil from the king in alms. Church.
Church with Norman arches.
Irby upon Humber
Irebi / Iribi: Earl Hugh; Ivo Tailbois and Odo from him; Durand Malet. Church.
Church with Norman arcades and font, and an engraved 15th century floorstone showing John Malet and his wife.
Irnham
Gerneham / Greneham: Alfred of Lincoln; Ralph Pagnell. Church.

Itterby
Itrebi: Bishop of Bayeux and Ilbert from him; Waldin the Engineer and William from him.

Keddington
Cadinton(e) / Caditon: Bishop of Durham and Turstin from him; Rayner de Brimou and Baldwin from him. Church, 5½ mills.
Church with late Norman work.
Keelby
Chelebi / Chilebi: King's land; Archbishop of York and William from him; Bishop of Bayeux and Wdard from him; Ranulf from Bishop of Lincoln; Ivo Tailbois and Neal from him; Drogo de Beuvriere and Robert from him; Norman d'Arci and Geoffrey from him; Waldin the Engineer and William from him. 1½ mills, salt-pan.

Keisby
Chisebi: Gilbert de Ghent; Guy de Craon; Sortebrand.

Kelby
Chelebi / Chillebi: Bishop of Durham and Almod from him; Bishop of Lincoln and Colegrim from him; Guy de Craon and Aschil the priest from him.

Kelstern
Cheilestorne / Chelestorne / turne: Earl Hugh; Alfred of Lincoln; Waldin the Engineer.
Bronze Age barrows.
Ketsby
Chetelesbi: Earl Hugh and Hugh from him. Mill.

Kettleby
Chetelbi: Drogo de Beuvriere and Rayner from him; Ernis de Burun and Turstin from him; Geoffrey Alselin.
Kettleby House.
Kettleby Thorpe
Torp: Hugh FitzBaldric and Gilber from him.
Kettleby Thorpe Farm.
Kexby
Cheftesbi: Bishop of Lincoln, Colsuan and Adeleln from him; Leduin from the king. Mill.

Killingholme
Chelvingeholm(e) / Chelvingehou: Count Alan and Landric from him; Ivo Tailbois and Odo from him; Drogo de Beuvriere, Norman d'Arci. ½ mill.
Now 2 villages, North and South Killingholme.
Kingerby
Chenebi: Bishop of Bayeux; Gocelin from Bishop of Lincoln. Church, mill.
Hall; church with circular windows, possibly Saxon.
Kingthorpe
Chinetorp: Ivo Tailbois and Odo from him; Ernis de Burun; Rayner de Brimou.

Kirkby Green
Cherchebi: Walter d'Aincourt; Norman d'Arci; Heppo the Arblaster; Church, 6½ mills (with Scopwick).

Kirkby la Thorpe
Cherchebi / Chirchebi: King's land; Bishop of Durham and Alnod from him; Gilbert de Ghent. ½ church (with Silk Willoughby).
Church with Anglo-Saxon interlace work.
Kirkby on Bain
Cherchebi / Chirchebi: Bishop of Durham; Bishop of Bayeux and Ilbert from him; Eudo FitzSpirwic. Mill-site.

Kirkby Underwood
Cherchebi: Count Alan and Godric from him; Robert de Tosny; Alfred of Lincoln and Offram, the pre-Conquest holder, from him.
Anglo-Saxon work in the church.
Kirmington
Chernitone: King's land; Count Alan; Hugh FitzBaldric; Drogo de Beuvriere and Robert from him.
Humberside airport.
Kirmond le Mire
Cheuremont: William de Percy. Church, mill.

Kirton (in Holland)
Cher / Chirchetune: Count Alan and Toli from him; Guy de Craon. Church, 2 salt-pans.
Fine church.
Kirton in Lindsey
Chircheton(e) / Circeton: King's land. Mill.
Small town.
Knaith
Cheneide: Bishop of Lincoln. Priory.
Birthplace of Thomas Sutton (1532-1611), founder of Charterhouse School.

Laceby
Lenesbi / Levesbi: Bishop of Bayeux; William de Percy; Drogo de Beuvriere. 3 churches, 2 mills.
Church with Norman work.
Langtoft
Langetof: Abbot of Croyland. Marsh.
Between Roman Carr Dyke and a Roman road.
Langton (near Horncastle)
Langetone: King's land; Bishop of Bayeux; Drogo de Beuvriere and Geoffrey from him. Mill (with Langton Thorpe, later Buckland).

Langton (near Spilsby)
Langetune: Earl Hugh. 9 mills (with Brinkhill, etc.).

Langton by Wragby
Langetone: Bishop of Durham; Gilbert de Ghent; Ernis de Burun; Robert the Steward; Waldrin the Engineer.

Laughton (near Avethorpe)
Loctune: Robert de Tosny; Gilbert de Ghent; Oger le Breton; Guy de Craon and Warner from him. Church.

Laughton (near Blyton)
Lac(es)tone / Tastone / Leston: Roger de Poitou and Blancard from him; Guy de Craon and Alfred from him. ½ mill.

Laythorpe
Ledulvethorpe: Bishop of Lincoln; Colsuan and Conded and Anschitil from him. ½ church.
Some houses.
Lea
Lea: Count Alan and Robert from him. Fishery, ferry.

Leadenham
Ledeneham: Count Alan and Colegrim and Derinc from him. 2 churches, ½ mill (with Fulbeck).
Church with Renaissance glass.
Leasingham
Lessingham / Leusingham: Bishop of Lincoln and Adam from him; Geoffrey Alselin.
Expanding.
Legbourne
Lecheburne: Earl Hugh; Roger de Poitou and Gerard from him.

Legsby
Lagebi: William de Percy and Evrard from him. Mill.

Lenton
Lavintone: Archbishop of York and Ranulf, the archbishop's clerk, from him; Guy de Craon; Gilbert de Ghent and Azelin from him.
Formerly Lavington..
Leverton
Levretune: Count Alan. Church.

Lincoln
Lincolia(e): King's land; main landholders include: Bishop Remigius; Ralph Pagnell; Earl Hugh; Countess Judith; Gilbert de Ghent; Colsuan. At least 3 churches; 166 dwellings destroyed to clear a site for the castle.
County town and cathedral city built on Roman site; castle built by William I.
Linwood
Lindude: Alfred of Lincoln; Durand Malet. ½ church, mill.

Lissington
Lessintone: Archbishop of York and Herbert from him.

Little Carlton
Carleton(e): William de Percy and Osbern from him. Church, 2 mills. Mill.

Little Coates
Sudcotes: Bishop of Bayeux; Drogo de Beuvriere.
Part of Grimsby.
Little Gonerby
Gunfordehi:
Lost.
Little Grimsby
Grimesby: Bishop of Durham; Ivo Tailbois and Geoffrey from him; William de Percy and Fulk from him. Church, salt-pan.

Little Lavington
Parva Lavintune:
Lost.
Little Limber
Linbergham: King's land; Norman d'Arci.

Little Ponton
Alia Pamtone / Pamptune / Parva Pantone: Drogo de Beuvriere; Countess Judith and Nigel from her. 4 mills.
Towerless church, possibly of Saxon origin.
Little Steeping
Stepi(nge): Count Alan and Eudo from him; Ivo Tailbois. Church, 4 mills.

Little Sturton
Stratone:
Lost.
Lobingham
Lobingeham:
Lost.
Lobthorpe
Lopintorp: Bishop of Lincoln; Algar, the pre-Conquest holder, from the king.

Londonthorpe
Lunde(r)torp: King's land; Bishop Osmund of Salisbury; Colegrim. Mill.
Tower mill.
Long Bennington
Beninctun / Beningtone: Count Alan and Hervey from him; William de Warenne. Church, 4 mills.
Church with some Norman work.
Long Sutton
Sudtone: King's land.
Small market town.
Lound (in Toft)
Lund: Gilbert de Ghent and Berewold from him. Church, 2 mills (with Witham on the Hill, Manthorpe and Toft.).

Ludborough
Ludeburg: Robert de Tosny and Berengar from him.

Luddington
Ludintone: Geoffrey de La Guerche.

Ludford Magna
Lude(s)forde: Ivo Tailbois and Odo from him; William de Percy; Hugh FitzBaldric; Rayner de Brimou. Mill.

Lusby
Luzebi: Gilbert de Ghent and William from him. Church, mill.
Water mill; Anglo-Saxon and Norman work in the church.
Lutton
Luctone: King's land. Fishery.
Once a market town.

Mablethorpe
Malbertorp / Mal(te)torp: Earl Hugh; Gilbert de Ghent; Rayner de Brimou. 20 salt-pans (with Calceby, etc.).
Holiday resort.
Maidenwell
Welle: Earl Hugh. Salt-pan.

Maltby (in Raithby)
Maltebi: Earl Hugh.

Maltby le Marsh
Maltebi / -by / Maltesbi: Eudo from Count Alan; Gilbert de Ghent; Hugh FitzBaldric; Gocelin FitzLanbert and Eurold from him.

Manby (in Broughton)
Mannebi: Durand Malet.
Manby Wood.
Manby (near Stewton)
Mannebi: King's land.
Late Anglo-Saxon slab in the church.
Manthorpe (near Witham on the Hill)
Mannetor(p): Abbot of Peterborough and Ansfrid and Asfort from him; Gilbert de Ghent and Berewold from him. Church, 2 mills (with Lound, etc.).

Manton
Malmetune / Mameltune: Abbot of Peterborough and Ralph from him.
Manor farm.
Mareham (in Burton)
Marram: Guy de Craon.
Lost; village site marked by a 9 acre moated enclosure and Mareham Lane.
Mareham le Fen
Marun: King's land. Church.
Manor house; thatched church.
Mareham on the Hill
Meringhe: Robert the Steward.

Markby
Marche(s)bi: Bishop of Bayeux; Earl Hugh; Gocelin FitzLanbert.
Scattered.
Market Rasen
Altera Rase: Alfred of Lincoln. Mill (with Osgodby, etc.).
Town.
Market Stainton
Staintone: Ranulf de St. Valery. 2 mills.

Marston
Heveston(e) / tune: Count Alan; Colsuan; Alfred of Lincoln; Osbern the Priest and Ralph the Sewer; Guy de Craon and Osbert from him. 4 mills, mill-site.
Tudor Marston Hall owned by the Thorold family since the 14th century.
Martin (near Horncastle)
Martune: Bishop of Durham; Eudo FitzSpirwic.

Marton
Martone: Count Alan.
Church with saxon and Norman work.
Mavis Enderby
Endrebi: Bishop of Durham; Ivo Tailbois; Eudo FitzSpirwic. ½ mill-site (with Raisby near Hundleby).

Melton Ross
Medeltone: Ernis de Burun. Church.
Moated site.
Messingham
Messingeham: Bishop of Lincoln and Malger from him; Abbot of Peterborough and William from him; Ernis de Burun and Turstin from him. 2 mills.
On the outskirts of Scunthorpe.
Metheringham
Medric(h)esham: Earl Hugh; Walter d'Aincourt and Wintrehad from him; Robert of Stafford and Enelo from him; Sortebrand from the king. Church, 3 mills.
Church with a Norman tower.
Middle Rasen
Rasa: Bishop of Bayeux and Wadard the bishop's man from him; Roger de Poitou; Alfred of Lincoln; Gocelin FitzLanbert; Ralph Pagnell; Durand Malet. Church.
Partly Norman church.
Miningsby
Melingesbi: Ivo Tailbois.

Minting
Mentinghes / Duo Mentinghes: Ivo Tailbois; William the Priest from Countess Judith.

Moorby
Morebi: King's land. Church.
Manor farm.
Morton (near Gainsborough)
Mortum / Mottune: King's land; Ivo Tailbois. Moors.
Adjoining Gainsborough.
Morton (near Hanthorpe)
Mortun(e): Gilbert de Ghent; Oger le Breton; Heppo the Arblaster. Church.

Moulton
Multune: Ivo Tailbois; Guy de Craon.
Green.
Muckton
Machetone: Ansgot. Church.
Manor farm.
Mumby
Mund(e)bi: Count Alan and Eudo from him; Gilbert de Ghent; Eudo FitzSpirwic.

Navenby
Navenebi: Durand Malet.
Near Roman Ermine Street; evidence of the original settlement.
Nettleham
Eteleham / Netelham: King's land, formerly Queen Edith; Gilbert de Ghent.
Expanding small town. The bishops of Lincoln had a palace here until the 17th century; the mounds remain.
Nettleton
Neteltone: Bishop of Bayeux and Ernegis and Wadard from him; Roger de Poitou and Blancard from him; Ernis de Burun; Durand Malet; Leueva, a woman, the pre-Conquest holder, from the king. Church, 9 mills.
Manor farm; ironstone church with Saxon tower and Norman work.
Newball
Neuberie: Earl Hugh and Osbern from him.

Newsham
Neuhuse: King's land; Ivo Tailbois and Roger from him; Ernis de Burun. Mill, salt-pan (with Habrough).
Newsham Lodge and Bridge.
Newton (near Folkingham)
Neutone: Bishop of Durham; Ulviet and his wife from the king; Colsuan and Ralph from him; Odo the Arblaster. Church.
With Norman work.
Newton (near Toft)
Neutone: Bishop of Bayeux and Ilbert from him; Ranyer de Brimou; Justen, the pre-Conquest holder, from the king.

Newton upon Trent
Neutone: Archbishop of York.
Cast-iron toll bridge, 1832, across the River Trent.
Nocton
Nochetune: Norman d'Arci. Church.
In Nocton Wood is the site of a priory founded by Norman's son, Robert.
Normanby (in Burton upon Stather)
Normanebi: Drogo de Beuvriere and Gocelin from him; Guy de Craon and Alfred from him. Mill-site.

Normanby (near Fillingham)
Normanebi / Normanestou: Bishop of Bayeux and Ilbert from him; Ivo Tailbois; Gocelin FitzLanbert and Colsuan from him. Church, 2 mills.
Church with Norman work.
Normanby (in Stow)
Normanebi: Bishop of Lincoln.

Normanby le Wold
Normane(s)bi: Ivo Tailbois and Hugh from him; Gocelin FitzLanbert; Drogo de Beuvriere and Colsuan from him. 2 churches, ¼ mill (with Claxby).

Normanton
Normenton: Robert de Vessey.

North Cadeby
Cadebi: Count Alan.
Remains of Cadby Hall; site of ancient Cadby village.
North Carlton
Nortcarletone: Sortebrand from the king. Church.

North Hykeham
Northicam / Northniche: Count Alan and Colegrim from him; Baldwin the Fleming from the king. Mill.
Suburb of Lincoln.
North Kelsey
Chelsi / Norchelsei: Nortchelesei: King's land; Count Alan; Norman from William de Percy. Mill.

North Kyme
Nortchime: Robert de Tosny and Ivo from him; Colsuan. Fishery.
Fenland.
North Ormsby
Ormesbi: Bishop of Lincoln; Ivo Tailbois and Wimund from him; Drogo de Beuvriere and Geoffrey from him.

North Stoke
Nortstoches: King's land; Colegrim from Drogo de Beuvriere. 2 mills (with South Stoke).
Stoke Rochford.
North Thoresby
Toresbi: Bishop of Bayeux and Ilbert from him; Count Alan; Hugh FitzBaldric; Alfred of Lincoln and Durand Malet (a salt-pan each). 2 salt-pans, 23 salt-pans (with Authby).
Medieval church with one of the county's oldest Anglo-Saxon carved stones.
Northorpe
Torp: King's land; Bishop of Bayeux and Ilbert from him; Abbot of Peterborough; Roger de Poitou and Roger from him.

North Willingham
Wifilingham / Wivilingeham: Ivo Tailbois; Gocelin FitzLanbert; Ralph Pagnell.

North Witham
Nortwine: Archbishop of York and Walchelin, the archbishop's man, from him; Countess Judith. Church, mill-site.

Norton Disney
Nortune: Countess Judith.
Fortified Roman villa site.