Owmby, Lincolnshire
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 Tithe House, Owmby |
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| Owmby shown within Lincolnshire | |
| OS grid reference | TA077049 |
| • London | 135 mi (217 km) S |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Cleethorpes |
| Postcode district | DN38 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
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Owmby is a hamlet in the civil parish of Searby cum Owmby, in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated less than 1 mile (1.6 km) south from the A1084 road, 3 miles (5 km) north-east from Caistor, 4 miles (6 km) south-east from Brigg, and in the Lincolnshire Wolds, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The parish village of Searby is less than 1 mile to the north-east.
According to A Dictionary of British Place Names, Owm could be “a farmstead or a village of a man called Authunn” or Old Scandinavian for “uncultivated land or deserted farm”, and “by”, a “farmstead , village or settlement”.
Owmby is mentioned in the Domesday Book as " Odenebi", in the Lindsey Hundred, and the Wapentake of Yarborough. It comprised 19 households, 7 villagers, 2 smallholders and 11 freemen, with 5 ploughlands, a meadow of 40 acres (0.16 km2), and a mill. In 1066 the Lord of the Manor was Grimkel. By 1086 a man named William was Lord, and William of Percy was Tenant-in-chief. The Domesday entry does not indicate the two Williams are the same man.
Remains of a possible medieval settlement defined by identifiable earthworks of crofts (homesteads with land) lie 80 yards (73 m) east from the junction of the road to Searby with Station Lane and Owmby Hill.
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