Driby, Lincolnshire

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Driby is a hamlet in Lincolnshire

Parish/Community: South Thoresby
District/Borough: East Lindsey
County: Lincolnshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 53°14'54"N 0°4'47"E
Eastings/Northings: 538867, 374406
OS Grid: TF388744
Mapcode Local: GBR YZ0W.26
Mapcode Global: WHJLK.6L8Z

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

Driby in historic gazetteers

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

Driby, par., mid. Lincolnshire, 5½ miles N. of Spilsby, 1338 ac., pop. 117.

Driby in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Siward father of Aki
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert of Ghent
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ivo of Driby (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £5 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 5 smallholders; 7 freemen
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 60 acres
- Mills: 1, value 1 shillings

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British Place Names

Driby, Lincolnshire

Driby is a hamlet in Lincolnshire

Driby in historic gazetteers

Driby in the Domesday Book