Dunsby

Parish/Community: Dunsby
District/Borough: South Kesteven
County: Lincolnshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°49'41"N 0°21'36"W
Eastings/Northings: 510590, 326880
OS Grid: TF105268
Mapcode Local: GBR GV3.RRM
Mapcode Global: WHGL6.F5RR

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

Dunsby in historic gazetteers

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

Dunsby.-- par., S. Lincolnshire, 4½ miles N. of Bourn, 2695 ac., pop. 223; P.O.

Dunsby in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Healfdene son of Topi
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Lincoln
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Kimcote (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £4 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 6 smallholders; 13 freemen; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 7 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 100 acres
- Woodland: 100 acres
- Churches: 1
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Healfdene son of Topi
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Lincoln
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Adam of Leasingham (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Households: 2 villagers
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough (1 plough land)
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Woodland: 43 acres

British Place Names

Dunsby, Lincolnshire

Dunsby is a village in Lincolnshire

Dunsby in historic gazetteers

Dunsby in the Domesday Book