Aswarby

Other current and historical names

Asuuardebi
Wardebi

Parish/Community: Aswarby and Swarby
District/Borough: North Kesteven
County: Lincolnshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 52°56'46"N 0°24'45"W
Eastings/Northings: 506760, 339946
OS Grid: TF067399
Mapcode Local: GBR FRC.BHV
Mapcode Global: WHGKL.M6RN

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

Aswarby in historic gazetteers

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

Aswarby, par. with ry. sta. and seat, S. Lincolnsh., 3 miles S. of Sleaford, 1548 ac., pop. 129; P.O.

Aswarby in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulf Fenman
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert of Ghent
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Ralph the priest (subinfeudated); Gilbert of Ghent
- Taxable Value: 4 ⁵⁄₈ geld
- Households: 3 smallholders; 41 freemen; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 18 men's ploughs (9 plough lands)
- Meadow: 180 acres
- Churches: 1.66
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Guy of Craon
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Guy of Craon
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Households: 1 smallholder; 1 freeman
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough (1 plough land)
- Meadow: 20 acres

British Place Names

Aswarby, Lincolnshire

Aswarby is a settlement in Lincolnshire

Aswarby in historic gazetteers

Aswarby in the Domesday Book