Searby

Other current and historical names

Seurebi
Sourebi
Searby With Owmby

Parish/Community: Searby cum Owmby
District/Borough: West Lindsey
County: Lincolnshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°32'14"N 0°23'6"W
Eastings/Northings: 507130, 405733
OS Grid: TA071057
Mapcode Local: GBR TWRJ.FP
Mapcode Global: WHGGQ.1CY2

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

Searby in historic gazetteers

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

Searby, par., Lincolnshire, 4 miles NW. of Caistor, 1860 ac., pop. 217.

Searby in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Rolf son of Skjaldvor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Durand Malet
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Durand Malet
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £2 10/- in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 2 smallholders; 15 freemen
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 80 acres
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1, value 2 shillings
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Grimbald Krakr
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
- Households: 1 villager
- Plough Teams: ³⁄₈ men's plough ( ³⁄₄ plough land)
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Morcar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Households: 1 villager
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₄ men's plough

British Place Names

Searby, Lincolnshire

Searby is a village in Lincolnshire

Searby in historic gazetteers

Searby in the Domesday Book