Rigsby

Other current and historical names

Rigesbi
Righesbi
Richesbi
Rigsby With Ailby

Parish/Community: Rigsby with Ailby
District/Borough: East Lindsey
County: Lincolnshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 53°15'21"N 0°8'33"E
Eastings/Northings: 543032, 375359
OS Grid: TF430753
Mapcode Local: GBR YZFS.NJ
Mapcode Global: WHJLL.5F57

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

Rigsby in historic gazetteers

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

Rigsby, par., Lincolnshire, 1½ mile W. of Alford, 1040 ac., pop. 112.

Rigsby in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Thorulf; Otbert
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Losoard of Rolleston (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 3 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough (2 plough lands)
- Woodland: 180 acres
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Healfdene son of Topi
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Archbishop of York
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Herbert son of Aubrey (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 4 smallholders; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₄ men's plough (1 ¹⁄₄ plough lands)
- Woodland: 150 acres
- Churches: 1

British Place Names

Rigsby, Lincolnshire

Rigsby is a hamlet in Lincolnshire

Rigsby in historic gazetteers

Rigsby in the Domesday Book