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Lincolnshire C-F

Cabourne
Caburne: Ivo Tailbois and Roger from him; William de Percy and Norman from him; Hugh FitzBaldric; Alfred of Lincoln; Durand Malet.
The church tower is believed to be pre-Conquest.
Cadney
Catenai: King's land; Count Alan; Roger de Poitou.

Caenby
Couenebi: Bishop of Lincoln. Church, mill.
Caenby Corner crossroad, inn, church and farmhouse.
Caistor
Castre: King's land; William de Percy. Church (with Hundon), 4 mills.
Roman walled town. The church has Saxon and Norman traces. Mounds may mark the site of King Egbert's victory over the Mercians in 829.
Calceby
Calesbi: Bishop of Durham and William from him; Earl Hugh. 20 saltpans (with Wainfleet, Haugh, Theddlethorpe and Mablethorpe).
Georgian farmhouse; ruined church.
Calcethorpe
Torp: Alfred of Lincoln.
Ancient village site; manor; farm; duckpond.
Cammeringham
Came(s)lingeham: Colsuan; Durand Malet.
Church with pre-Conquest work.
Candlesby
Calnodesbi: Count Alan; Gilbert de Ghent; Eudo FitzSpirwic; Chetelbern from the king. 2 churches.

Canwick
Can(eu)uic: Bishop of Bayeux and Ilbert from him; Bishop of Coutances; Bishop of Lincoln; Roger de Poitou and Ernuin from him; Norman Crassus; Colegrim. Church, 5 fisheries (with Bracebridge).
Adjoining Lincoln; manor farm; church with Norman features.
Carlby
Carlebi: Bishop of Lincoln and Erchenold from him; Berewold from Ivo and Ivo from Gilbert de Ghent; Robert of Stafford and Geoffrey from him.

Carlton le Moorland
Casletune: Drogo de Beuvriere. Church.
Anglo-Saxon towered church.
Carlton Scroop
Carlentun(e): Count Alan; William de Warenne and Adelin from him, formerly Earl Harold. Church.
Church with Norman features.
Casewick
Casuic: Alfred of Lincoln and Boso from him; Gunfrid de Chocques. ½ mill.
Casewick Hall.
Castlethorpe
Castorp: Durand Malet.
Hall; Castlethorpe Bridge over Wen Dyke.
Cawkwell
Calchewelle: Ivo Tailbois; Norman d'Arci and Roger from him. Church.

Cawthorpe
Caletorp: Oger le Breton.
Pond.
Caythorpe
Ca(ri)torp: Robert de Vessey. 2 churches, ½ mill.
Hall and park.
Cheal
Ceila: Bishop of Lincoln and Malger from him. Saltpan.
Now Gosberton Cheal.
Cherry Willingham
Gullingham / Ulingeham / Wilingeham: Bishop of Lincoln and Osbern from him; Gilbert de Ghent. Church, 2 fisheries.
Dormitory of London.
Claxby (near Normanby le Wold)
Clachesbi: Ivo Tailbois and Hugh and Godfrey from him; Gocelin FitzLanbert; Drogo de Beuvriere and Colsuan from him; Durand Malet; Norman d'Arci and Geoffrey from him. Mill, 2 churches and ¼ mill (with Normanby le Wold).

Claxby (near Welton le Marsh)
Clachesbi: Count Alan; Gilbert de Ghent and Rademer from him; Hugh FitzBaldric and Guy his son-in-law from him. Church, mill.
Medieval earthworks.
Claxby Pluckacre
Calchesbi / Clasbi: Earl Hugh; Gocelin FitzLanbert and Walter and Rayner from him. 9 mills (with Brinkhill, etc.).
Some houses.
Claypole
Claipol: Bishop of Bayeux; Godfrey Alselin and Elduin from him. Church, mill.

Claythorpe
Clactorp: Earl Hugh. 6 mills (with Belleau etc.).
Mill.
Cleatham
Cletham: Bishop of Bayeux and Ilbert from him; Abbot of Peterborough and Roger from him; Gocelin FitzLanbert; Aldene from the king. 2 mills.

Clee
Cleia: Archbishop of York; Bishop of Bayeux and Ilbert from him; Wimund from Ivo Tailbois.
Now Old Clee, traces of the original village; church with a Saxon font.
Clixby
Clisbi: King's land.
Farmland; near Vikings Way.
Coates (near Stow)
Cotes: Bishop of Bayeux and Ilbert from him; Bishop of Lincoln and Erchenold from him; Roger de Poitou; Colsuan; Gocelin FitzLanbert. Mill.

Cockerington
Cocrinton(e)/ Cochrinton: Bishop of Durham; Bishop of Bayeux and Ilbert from him; Colsuan and Matthew from him; Alfred of Lincoln and Gocelin from him; Rayner de Brimou. Mill, mill-site.
Now 2 hamlets, North and South Cockerington near Monk's Dyke.
Cold Hanworth
Haneurde / Haneworde: Roger de Poitou; Gocelin FitzLanbert; Thorald the Priest from Colsuan. Mill.
Small farming community.
Coleby (near Boothby Graffoe)
Colebi / by: King's land; Norman d'Arci; Countess Judith. Church.
Church with a Saxon or early Norman tower.
Coleby (in West Halton)
Colebi: Earl Hugh; Ernis de Burun and John from him.

Colsterworth
Colsteuorde / Colstewrde: Archbishop of York; a thane, the pre-Conquest holder. 2 mills.

Collow (formerly Calcote)
Caldecote: Ernis de Burun. 2 mill-sites.
Moated site; Collow Holt and Grange.
Conesby
Cunesbi: Once 2 hamlets, North and South Conesby.
Now lost.
Coningsby
Cuningesbi: King's land; Earl Hugh; Drogo de Beuvriere; Robert the Steward; Chetelbern from the king. 15 fisheries.
Airfield.
Corby
Corbi / by: Bishop of Lincoln and Walter from him; Bricteua, the pre-Conquest holder, from the king.
Small town with an ancient market cross.
Corringham
Coring(e)ham: King's land; Berengar from Robert de Tosny. Church (with Springfield).
Anglo-Saxon church tower.
Coteland
Coteland:
Lost.
Coton
Cotes:
Lost.
Counthorpe
Cudetorp: Drogo de Beuvriere and Ulric and Walter from him; Robert of Stafford.
Counthorpe and Creeton parish; Counthorpe Lodge.
Covenham
Covenham: Monastery of St. Calais from Bishop of Durham; William de Percy. Church, 7 saltpans.
Now 2 adjoining villages Covenham St. Bartholomew and St. Mary, each with a church.
Craiselound
Altera Lund: Geoffrey de La Guerche. Fishery.
Also Eastlound.
Cranwell
Cranewelle: Abbot of Ramsey; Gilbert de Ghent and Geoffrey from him.
Suburban; remains of an ancient cross. At Bayard's Leap, 2 huge horseshoes are embedded in the ground in memory of a legendary horse.
Creeton
Cretone / tun(e): Ralph from Alfred of Lincoln; Godfrey de Cambrai; Basuin from Robert of Stafford.

Croft
Croft: Gilbert de Ghent and Ralph from him. Saltpan.
Fenland.
Crosby
Cropesbi: Earl Hugh; Norman d'Arci.
Suburb of Scunthorpe.
Crowle
Crul(e): Selby Abbey from Geoffrey de La Guerche. 31 fisheries, church.
Fenland market town; a brickmaking and agricultural cantre. Crowle Stone, in the church, is believed to be part of an Anglo-Saxon carved cross.
Croxby
Cro(c)sbi: Odo from Ivo Tailbois; Robert de Tosny; Norman d'Arci and Odo from him; William Blunt. Mill.
Area near Binbrook.
Croxton
Crocestone / Crochestone / tune: King's land; Gocelin from Bishop of Lincoln; Anschitil from Roger de Poitou; Hugh FitzBaldric and Hamelin from him.

Culverthorpe
Torp: Gilbert de Ghent. Church.

Cumberthorpe
Combreuorde: Rayner de Brimou.

Cuxwold
Cucualt: Archbishop of York and William from him; Gocelin from Ivo Tailbois; William de Percy; Hugh FitzBaldric; Alfred of Lincoln and Gleu from him; Durand Malet; Seward from the king.
Long barrow.

Dalby
Dalbi: Earl Hugh. 2 churches.

Darby
Derbi: Lost.

Deeping St. James
Depinge / Estdeping(e): Alfred of Lincoln; Godfrey de Cambrai. Fishery.
Tithe barn.
Dembleby
Delbebi / Dembelbi / Denbelbi: Gilbert de Ghent; Colsuan and Raynard from him; Guy de Craon.

Denton
Dentone / tune: King's land; Robert de Tosny; Geoffrey from Robert of Stafford.

Dexthorpe
Dr(e)istorp: Earl Hugh; Eudo FitzSpirwic and Ivo from him. 2 churches.

Digby
Dicbi: Geoffrey Alselin.
Church with traces of Saxon work; ancient village cross.
Donnington
Donninctune / Duninctune: Abbot of Peterborough before and after 1066; Count Alan. 22 saltpans.
Market town.
Donnington on Bain
Duninctune: Ivo Tailbois. 2 mills.

Dorrington
Derintone: Geoffrey d'Alselin.
Village cross.
Dowdyke
Dwedic: Abbot of Croyland and Colegrim from him.
Dowdyke Grange; old sea bank.
Dowsby
Dusebi: Archbishop of York and Hugh from him; Guy de Craon; Offram, the pre-Conquest holder. Mill.

Drayton
Draitone: Abbot of Croyland; Count Alan and Toli from him; Guy de Craon. 4 saltpans.
Part of Swineshead.
Drilby
Dribi: Gilbert de Ghent and Ivo from him. Mill.
Remote; earthworks; moated manor site.
Dry Doddlington
Dodintone / tune: Bishop of Bayeux and Baldric from him; Geoffrey Alselin; Colsuan. Mill.
Green.
Dunholme
Duneham: King's land and Odo the Arblaster from the king; Ilbert de Lacy and his knight from him; Ralph Pagnell and his knight from him; Odo the Arblaster.

Dunsby (in Brauncewell)
Dunnesbi: Abbot of Ramsey; Geoffrey Alselin.
Dunsby House; mounds of a vanished village and manor house.
Dunsby (near Hacconby)
Dunesbe: Bishop of Lincoln and Ralph from him. Church.

Dunstall
Tonestale / tele: Ivo Tailbois; Roger de Poitou. Church, mill.
Earthworks.
Dunsthorpe
Dunetorp: King's land.
Part of Old Somerby.
Dunston
Dunestuna: Norman d'Arci. Church, 6 mills.
Former haunt of highwaymen.
Dyke
Dic: Oger le Breton; Heppo the Arblaster. Church, mill.

Eagle
Ac(he)lei / Acley / Akeley / Aycle: Roger de Poitou; Durand Malet; Odo the Arblaster; Countess Judith. Church.

East Halton
Haltune: Probably Ivo Tailbois.

East Keal
Estrecale: Bishop of Durham; Ivo Tailbois; Eudo FitzSpirwic. ½ church.

East Kirkby
Cherchebi: Ivo Tailbois. 2 churches (with Revesby).
Manor house.
Eastlound
Lund: Geoffrey de La Guerche. Fishery.
Also Craiselound.
Easton
Estone: Archbishop of York and Osbern from him. ½ church, mill.

Edenham
Ed(en)ham: Gilbert de Ghent.

Edlington
Ellingetone: Walter from Ivo Tailbois; Gilbert de Ghent and Egbert from him. 2 mills, church.

Elkington
Alchinton / Archintone: Ivo Tailbois and Geoffrey from him; William de Percy and Fulk from him. 1½ churches, mill, mill-site.
Now 2 hamlets, North and South Elkington.
Elsham
Ele(s)ham: Bishop of Bayeux and Ilbert from him; Bishop of Lincoln and Gocelin from him; Roger de Poitou and Ernui from him; Geoffrey Alselin. Mill-site.

Elsthorpe
Aig(he)lestorp: Alfred of Lincoln; Guy de Craon.
Elsthorpe Grange.
Epworth
Epeurde: Geoffrey de La Guerche. 11 fisheries.
Small town, the birthplace of John Wesley (1703), whose father was rector here.
Eresby
Iresbi: Bishop of Durham. 2 mills (with Spilsby and Thorpe St. Peter).
Eresby House, on the outskirts of Spilsby.
Evedon
Evedune: King's land; Bishop of Durham; Bishop of Lincoln and Osmund from him; Colsuan; Geoffrey Alselin; Colegrim. 2 mills, mill-site, church.

Ewerby
Geresbi / Grene(s)bi / leresbi: Bishop of Lincoln; Gilbert de Ghent; Colegrim, the pre-Conquest holder and Rold from him. Church (with Ewerby Thorpe).
Saxon gravestone.
Ewerby Thorpe
Oustorp: King's land; Gilbert de Ghent; Colsuan; Martin. Church (with Ewerby), mill (with Howell, Heckington and Quarrington).

Faldingworth
Falding(e)urde / Falingeurde: Colsuan; William Blunt; Osbern the Priest.

Farforth
Farforde: Earl Hugh and Baldwin from him. Church, mill.

Fenby
Fendebi: Count Alan.
Now Ashby-cum-Fenby.
Fillingham
Felingeham / Fi(ge)lingeham: Roger de Poitou and Anschitil from him; Colsuan; Anschitil from the king. Church.
Roman site. John Wycliffe was rector here, 1361-68.
Firsby
Frisebi: Bishop of Bayeux and Ilbert from him. Church.
Now 2 hamlets, East and West Firsby.
Fishtoft
Toft: Count Alan; Guy de Craon. Church, mill.
Vegetable growing; statue of the Saxon St. Guthlac in the church.
Fiskerton
Fiscartone / tune: Abbot of Peterborough. Church, 3½ fisheries.
Church with Norman arches. Bronze Age axes have been found.
Fleet
Flec / Fleot: King's land. 2 salt-pans, fishery.
Originally on the sea shore.
Flixborough
Flichesburg: Norman d'Arci. 2 mill-sites.
Birthplace of Sir Edmund Anderson (1530-1605) who tried Mary Queen of Scots and Sir Walter Raleigh. One of only 14 villages in Britain to be 'doubly thankful'; that is, to have seen the safe return of all its inhabitants who fought in both world wars.
Folkingham
Folching(e)ham / Fulchingeham: Gilbert de Ghent. Church, mill.
Remains of Gilbert de Ghent's castle; market square; church with Norman work.
Fonaby
Fuldenebi: King's land.
Now Fonaby Top; Fonaby House Farm.
Fordington
Fotintone: Earl Hugh. 3 churches (with Ashby by Partney, etc.).
Ancient village site nearby; Giants Hill; long barrow.
Foston
Foztune(e): Count Alan.

Fotherby
Fo(d)rebi: Bishop of Durham and Turstin from him; Robert de Tosny and Berengar from him; Fulk from William de Percy. 4 salt-pans.

Frampton
Franetone / tune: Count Alan; Guy de Craon. Church, 15 salt-pans.

Freiston
Fristune: Guy de Craon.
Once on the coast, now 2 miles inland. Called after a colony of Freislanders who invaded and settled here.
Friskney
Frischenei: Chetelbern from the king.
Moated site; mill mound; ancient fishpond site.
Fulbeck
Fulebec: Count Alan and Colegrim and Derinc from him. 2 churches, ½ mill (with Leadenham).
Fine village cross; church with a Norman font.
Fulletby
Fullobi: Bishop of Durham and William from him; Earl Hugh and Baldric from him, formerly Earl Harold.
Manor house by Viking Way; Roman urns discovered nearby.
Fulnetby
Fulnedebi: Ernis de Burun.
Hall.
Fulsby
Folesbi: King's land.
Fulsby Wood.
Fulstow
Fugelestou: Bishop of Durham and Walbert from him; Picot from Count Alan; Earl Hugh and Rozelin from him; Robert the Steward. 14 salt-pans.
Moated grange.