Saleby | Salebi / by: Gilbert de Ghent; Hugh FitzBaldric. |
Moated Saleby Manor, now a farm.
Salmonby
| Salmundebi: Earl Hugh. 9 mills (with Brinkhill, etc.). |
Saltfleetby
| Salflatebi: King's land; Bishop of Durham; Alfred of Lincoln and William from him; Rayner de Brimou; William Blunt. Ship toll. |
Now 3 villages, Saltfleetby All saints, St. Clements and St. Peter.
Santon
| San(c)tone: Roger de Bully; Gilbert de Ghent; Guy de Craon and Alfred from him. |
Farmsteads of High and Low Stanton.
Sapperton
| Sapretone: King's land; Ivo Tailbois. Church (with Braceby). |
Sawcliffe
| Saleclif: Abbot of Peterborough and Ralph from him; Roger de Bully; Gilbert de Ghent and Robert from him. Church (with Appleby, etc.), another church. |
Sawcliffe Farm.
Saxby All Saints
| Saxebi: Ivo Tailbois and Roger from him. 3 fisheries. |
Saxby (near Fillingham)
| Sassebi: King's land; Eudo FitzSpirwic. 2 mills. |
Scamblesby
| Scamelesbi: Ivo Tailbois. |
Scampton
| Scanton(e) / tune: Gilbert de Ghent. Church, mill. |
Scartho
| Scarhou: Bishop of Bayeux. 3 churches, 2 mills (with Bradley and Laceby). |
Suburb of Grimsby; church with a Saxon tower.
Scawby
| Seal(l)ebi: Ivo Tailbois; Colsuan and Alfred from him; Gocelin FitzLanbert and Baldric from him; Ralph Pagnell; Osbern d'Arcis; Durand Malet; Odo the Arblaster. |
Scopwick
| Scap(e)uic / Scapewic: Walter d'Aincourt; Norman d'Arci; Heppo the Arblaster. Church, 6½ mills (with Kirkby Green). |
Scothern
| Sco(l)torne / Scotstorne: Abbot of Peterborough; Ilbert de Lacy; Colsuan; Norman d'Arci; Ranulf de St. Valery. Church, mill. |
Scotter
| Scot(e)re: Abbot of Peterborough, formerly Aschil from King Edward. Mill and part of 2 mills, 2 fisheries. |
Once a market town. Its church was given to Peterborough Abbey by the King of Mercia in the 7th century; some Saxon work remains.
Scotterthorpe
| Scaltorp: Abbot of Peterborough. |
Scottlethorpe
| Scache(r)torp: Robert de Tosny; Guy de Craon. |
Scotton
| Scotone / tune: Abbot of Peterborough and Richard from him; Ivo Tailbois and Gocelin from him; Roger de Poitou; Guy de Craon. Mill-site. |
Scott Willoughby
| Wilgebi: Gilbert de Ghent; Guy de Raimbeaucourt; Guy de Craon. Church. |
Scredington
| Scredinctun / intune: Gilbert de Ghent; Robert of Stafford and Gulfered from him. Church. |
5 moated sites, 3 with water; 2-arched packhorse bridge.
Scrivelsby
| Scriv(v)elesbi: King's land; Robert the Steward. Church, mill. |
Deer park. The lord of the manor has the right, granted by William the Conqueror, to act as Grand Champion of England; a standard bearer at coronations.
Scremby
| Screnbi: Bishop of Durham and Fenchel, the pre-Conquest holder, from him; Gilbert de Ghent; Eudo FitzSpirwic. Church. |
Scunthorpe
| Escumetorp: King's land; Abbot of Peterborough. |
Large industrial town.
Searby
| Seurebi / Sourebi: King's land; Count Alan; Durand Malet. Church, mill. |
Sedgebrook
| Sechebroc: Robert Malet. 3 mills. |
Sempringham
| S(e)pingeham / Stepingeham: Robert de Tosny; Gilbert de Ghent; Alfred of Lincoln and Gocelin from him. Church (with Aslackby). |
Fishponds; well. St. Gilbert, son of a Norman knight called Jocelin, was born here in 1083 and founded a priory in 1131; traces of the foundations remain.
Sibsey
| Sibolci: Ivo Tailbois. Church. |
Church with a Norman nave and doorway.
Silk Willoughby
| Wilgebi: Bishop of Durham and Almod from him; Bishop of Lincoln and Ralph from him; Gilbert de Ghent; Waldin le Breton; Odo the Arblaster and Colegrim from him; Robert of Stafford and Godwin from him. Church, and ½ church (with Kirkby la Thorpe). |
Manor House Farm; Bull Mound; church with a Norman font.
Sixhills
| Sisse: Bishop of Bayeux and Ilbert from him; Roger de Poitou; Rayner de Brimou. Church. |
Skegness
| Tric: Count Alan; Eudo FitzSpirwic; Robert the Steward. |
Large seaside resort.
Skellingthorpe
| Scheldingchope / Schellingop: Baldwin the Fleming. |
Skendleby
| Scheueldebi: Gilbert de Ghent. Church, 2 mills. |
Giant's Barrow, built 1800BC, nearby.
Skidbrooke
| Sc(h)itebroc: King's land; Bishop of Durham and St. Calais from him; William Blunt. |
Once a thriving port, now a mile from the sea.
Skillington
| Schellintune / Schillintone / tune: King's land; Archbishop of York and Walchelin and Osbern from him; Guy de Craon; Carle, the pre-Conquest holder, from the king. ½ church, mill. |
Green; Saxon masonry and Norman columns in the church.
Skinnand
| Schinende: Robert of Stafford and Colegrim from him. |
House; manor farm.
Skirbeck
| Sc(h)irebec: Count Alan; Eudo FitzSpirwic. 2 churches, 2 fisheries. |
Part of Boston.
Sloothby
| Lodeby / Slodebi: Bishop of Durham; Ivo Tailbois; Gilbert de Ghent; Hugh FitzBaldric and Guy his son-in-law from him. |
Snarford
| Snardesforde / Sner(t)eforde / Suardesforde: Bishop of Durham and Colsuan from him; Mainard and Thorald from Roger de Poitou; Ralph Pagnell. |
Farm.
Snelland
| Esnelent / Snelesunt: Archbishop of York; William de Percy and Waldin from him; Gocelin FitzLanbert and Rayner from him. |
Farmland.
Snitterby
| Esnetrebi / Snetrebi: King's land; Ivo Tailbois; Gocelin FitzLanbert; Heppo the Arblaster. |
Somerby (in Corringham)
| Sum(m)erdebi / Summertebi: King's land; Count Alan; Ivo Tailbois; Geoffrey de La Guerche. |
Somerby (near Howsham)
| Sum(m)ertebi: Earl Hugh; William de Percy. |
Somercotes
| Summercotes: King's land; Roger de Poitou; Rayner de Brimou; Ilbert de Lacey from Bishop of Bayeux. Mill. |
Now 2 villages, North and South Somercotes.
Somersby
| Summerdebi: Gocelin FitzLanbert. ½ mill. |
Birthplace of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-92).
Somerton
| Summertune: Alfred of Lincoln and Gocelin from him. |
Ruined Somerton Castle.
Sotby
| Sotebi: Bishop of Bayeux and Ralph from him. Church. |
Norman chancel arch in the church.
South Cadeby
| Catebi: Bishop of Durham and Turstin from him; Roger de Poitou; Alfred of Lincoln and William from him; William Blunt. |
Cadeby Hall.
South Carlton
| Carletone / tune: Bishop of Bayeux and Ralph the Sewer and Gilbert de Ghent from him; Colsuan and Mathew, Colsuan's man, from him; Sortebrand from the king. |
South Ferriby
| Berebi: Gilbert Tison and Anschitil from him. Church, mill. |
Small busy town. Chalk and limestone cliffs provide material for its cement and tile industry.
South Hykeham
| Hicham: Baldwin the Fleming. 3 fisheries. |
South Kelsey
| Colesi: King's land; Roger de Poitou and Roger from him. |
South Kyme
| Chime: King's land; Gilbert de Ghent and Egbriht from him. 2 churches, 6 fishponds, 3 fisheries. |
Church with some Saxon work.
South Ormsby
| Ormesbi: Archbishop of York; Earl Hugh; Norman d'Arci and Herbert from him. Mill. |
Southorpe (in Edenham)
Lost.
Southorpe (in Northorne)
| Altera Torp: King's land; Roger de Poitou. |
Some houses.
Southrey
| Sudtrie / Sutrei(e): Bishop of Bayeux; Bishop of Lincoln and Osbern his clerk from him; Roger de Poitou; Gilbert de Ghent. 2 fisheries. |
South Stoke
| Sudstoches: King's land. 2 mills (with North Stoke). |
Laid out by William Burn in Tudor style in the mid-19th century.
South Thoresby
| Toresby: Earl Hugh. 6 mills (with Belleau, etc.). |
Southwell
Lost.
South Willingham
| Archbishop of York and William from him; Bishop of Bayeux; Rayner de Brimou. |
South Witham
| Widme / Wim(m)e: Alfred of Lincoln and Gleu, Alfred's man, from him; Countess Judith; Ernuin the priest from the king in alms. 1½ churches. |
Spanby
| Spane(s)bi: Colsuan; Oger le Breton. |
Spilsby
| Spilesbi: Bishop of Durham. 2 mills (with Eresby, etc.). |
Town.
Spittlegate
| Nongetune / Nongtone: King's land; St. Wlfrann of Grantham and Bishop Osmund of Salisbury. Mill. |
Part of Grantham; Spittlegate Farm.
Spridlington
| Sperlin(c)tone / Spredelintone: Count Alan; Colsuan. |
Springthorpe
| Springetorp: King's land. Church (with Corringham). |
Church with a Saxon tower.
Stainby
| Stigandebi: Alfred of Lincoln. |
Stainfield (in Hacconby)
| Steintune / Stentuith: Oger le Breton; Heppo the Arblaster. Church, mill. |
Site of a Roman settlement.
Stainfield (near Lincoln)
| Stain / Steinfelde: William de Percy. |
Stainton (near Lincoln)
| Staintune: Earl Hugh and Osbern from him. Mill. |
Roman road nearby.
Stainton (in Waddingham)
Lost.
Stainton le Vale
| Stainton(e): William de Percy and Alulf from him; Hugh FitzBaldric; Drogo de Beuvriere and Geoffrey from him; Rayner de Brimou. Mill, 2 mill-sites. |
Manor farm.
Stallingborough
| Stalin(ge)burg / Stanlingeburg: Archbishop of York and Herbert from him; Bishop of Bayeux; Hugh FitzBaldric; Norman d'Arci. ½ church, 3½ mills, 2 sites, 4½ salt-pans, ½ slaughter house. |
The Mercian King Offa is thought to have held his court here 12 centuries ago. The church has a monument to Anne Askew, martyred at the stake in 1546 for nonconformity; she wanted a divorce.
Stamford
| Stanford: King's land, formerly Queen Edith; Brand; Ulchetel FitzMerwine; Hugh Musard; Eudo the Sewer; Gunfrid de Chocques; Countess Judith; Abbot of Peterborough; Alfred; Guy de Raimbeaucourt. 4 churches, 3½ mills. |
Town that became rich from the wool trade and was once the capital of the Fens. It has a fine market place, medieval gateway and a ruined Norman castle.
Stapleford
| Stapleforde: Bishop of Bayeux and Tor from him; Osbern from Countess Judith. Church. |
Norman work in the church.
Steeping
| Stepi(nge): Gilbert de Ghent; Count Alan; Ivo tailbois; Robert the steward. 3 churches, 4 mills. |
Now 2 villages, Great and Little Steeping.
Stenigot
Stenning
| Steveninge: Count Alan and Geoffrey from him; Robert de Vessey. 8 salt-pans, fishery (200 eels). |
Part of Swineshead; Estovening Hall.
Stenwith
| Stanwald / walt: Robert Malet. Mill. |
Lock on the Grantham Canal.
Stewton
| Stiveton(e): Ilbert from Bishop of Bayeux; Alfred of Lincoln. |
Stickford
| Stichesforde: Ivo Tailbois. Church. |
Stickney
| Stichenai: Ivo Tailbois. Church. |
Vegetable growing area.
Stixwold
| Stigeswald(e) / walt: Ivo Tailbois; Alfred of Lincoln; Waldin le Breton. 2 fisheries. |
Stoke Rochford
| Stoche(s): Count Alan and Colegrim from him; Drogo de Beuvriere. 4 mills. |
Stow (near Torksey)
| Stou: Bishop of Lincoln and William de Percy from him; Count Alan; Ilbert de Lacey; Gilbert de Ghent; Gocelin FitzLanbert; Ralph de Latimer (3 mansions). Church, 3 iron works. |
Anglo-Saxon and Norman church; Stow Park. St. Etheldreda is said to have stayed here.
Stow (in Threekingham)
| Stou: Gilbert de Ghent and Robert from him. Church. |
Stowe
Lost.
Stroxton
| Stroustune: Drogo de Beuvriere and Guy, Archbishop Thomas, and Hugh de Grandmesnil from him. Church. |
Manor farm; church with a Norman arch.
Strubby (in Langton by Wragby)
| Strubi: Bishop of Bayeux; Ivo Tailbois; Roger de Poitou; Rayner de Brimou. |
Strubby Hall.
Strubby (near Maltby le March)
| Strobi: Bishop of Bayeux; Count Alan; Gilbert de Ghent; Hugh FitzBaldric. |
RAF station nearby.
Stubton
| Stobetun / Stubetune: Norman d'Arci and Gamelin from him; Geoffrey Alselin. Church. |
Sturton (in Scawby)
| Str(i)tone: Ivo Tailbois; Colsuan and Alfred from him; Ralph Pagnell; Osbern d'Arcis and Alfred his man from him; Durand Malet and Alfred his man from him. |
Sturton (near Torksey)
| Stratone: Ilbert from Bishop of Bayeux. |
Roman road.
Sudbrooke
| Sudbroc / Sutbroc: Abbot of Peterborough; Colsuan; Colsuan from the king. Mill. |
Suburb of Lincoln.
Surfleet
| Suerefelt: Heppo the Arblaster. 2 salt-pans. |
Sutterby
Sutton (in Great Sturton)
Lost.
Sutton le Moor
| Sudtone / Su(d)tune: Archbishop of York; Count Alan; Earl Hugh; Eudo FitzSpirwic; Chetelbern from the king. |
Now Sutton on Sea, a seaside resort. Traces of Iron Age salt workings and other medieval traces by the sea shore indicate that the early village was submerged.
Swaby
| Suabi: Earl Hugh. 6 mills (with Bellay, etc.). |
Swallow
| Sualan: Archbishop of York; Bishop of Bayeux; Count Alan and Picot from him; Roger de Poitou and Wimund from him; Alfred of Lincoln. |
Swarby
| Suarrebi: Odo the Arblaster; Guy de Craon and Vitalis from him. ½ church. |
Green.
Swaton
| Suavetone / Suavi(n)tone: Colsuan; Robert de Vessey; Guy de Craon and Warner from him. |
Swaton fen; moated site.
Swayfield
| Suafeld: Bishop of Lincoln. |
Swinderby
| Suindrebi / Sunderby: Countess Judith; Colegrim. |
RAF station nearby.
Swine
Lost.
Swinhope
| Suinhope: Count Alan; Norman d'Arci; Odo the Arblaster. Mill. |
Neolithic long barrows nearby.
Swinstead
| Suamestede / Suinham / stede: Bishop of Lincoln; Walter d'Aincourt and Odo from him; Ralph Pagnell; Countess Judith; Ragenald, the pre-Conquest holder, from the king. |
Swinthorpe (in Snelland)
| Sonetorp: King's land; Archbishop of York; Gocelin FitzLanbert. |
Remote.
Syston
| Sidestan / Sidestham: Ivo Tailbois; Guy de Raimbeaucourt. Church, 6 mills. |
Park; church with a Norman tower.
