Somerby (Juxta Bigby)

Somerby (also known as Somerby juxta Bigby or Somerby by Brigg) is a hamlet and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 4 miles (6 km) east from the town of Brigg and in the ecclesiastical parish of Somerby. Somerby lies in the Lincolnshire Wolds, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, between the villages of Bigby and Searby.

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Bigby, Lincolnshire

Bigby is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The village is situated about 10 miles (20 km) south from the Humber Bridge, and 4 miles (6 km) east from the town of Brigg. The village lies in the Lincolnshire Wolds, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and close to the administrative border with North Lincolnshire. The hamlets of Kettleby and Kettleby Thorpe lie within the parish, and that of Somerby almost immediately to the south. According to the 2001 census Bigby had a population of 234, increasing to 347 at the 2011 census.

Searby, Lincolnshire

Searby is a village in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, situated 4 miles (6.4 km) south-east from Brigg and 5 miles (8.0 km) north-east from Caistor. The village is in the civil parish of Searby cum Owmby, between the villages of Somerby and Grasby, and in the Lincolnshire Wolds, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Less than 1 mile (1.6 km) to the south is the parish hamlet of Owmby. Searby is mentioned in the Domesday Book as "Seurebi", in the Lindsey Hundred, and the Wapentake of Yarborough. It comprised 23 households, 4 villagers, 2 smallholders and 15 freemen, with 5 ploughlands, a meadow of 80 acres (0.32 km2), a mill, and a church. In 1066 the Lord of the Manor was Rolf son of Skjaldvor. After 1086 Lordship transferred to Durand Malet, who also became Tenant-in-chief. Saint Nicholas church is a Grade II listed building. It was rebuilt in 1832, although the base of the tower is of stone and could be medieval. In 1872 White's Directory stated that the parish church was "of white brick, with stone dressings, in the Gothic style... with a tower containing five bells and a clock. The latter and two of the bells are the gift of the vicar." New "open oak benches" costing £60, and carved with emblems of the twelve apostles and the twelve tribes of Israel, were added to the church in 1858. The church at the time seated 100. The Dean and Chapter of Lincoln were the appropriators of the rectory and patrons of the living (incumbency). A vicarage was built in 1847 for £800. The parish National School was built in 1855 for £170 on the site of the previous vicarage; it was attended by 80 children. Professions and traders resident at Searby in 1872 were the parish vicar, a schoolmistress, the curate of [All Saints' Church] Grasby (1 mile to the southeast), a tailor, a bricklayer, a wheelwright, a blacksmith, a cow keeper, and three farmers. The deserted medieval village of Audewelle was reputedly in the vicinity.

Searby cum Owmby

Searby cum Owmby is a civil parish situated to the north of the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The only parish settlements are Searby village and Owmby hamlet, separated by 1,000 yards (900 m), and approximately 4 miles (6 km) east from Brigg and 3.5 miles (6 km) north-east from Caistor. The A1084 Brigg to Caistor road runs through the centre of the parish. In 1872 White's Directory reported that Searby-with-Owmby was a parish containing the small village of Searby and the adjacent hamlet of Owmby. Searby-with-Owmby had a population of 261 within a parish of 1,860 acres (8 km2). The lady of the manor of Searby was a Mrs Dixon of Holton le Moor, she owning "a great part" of parish land. Smallholders and freeholders held other parish land from Mrs Dixon, who had leased that land from the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln, the appropriators of the rectory and patrons of the living (incumbency). There were 61 acres (0.25 km2) of glebe land—an area of land used to support a parish priest—and a tithe-rent. The earlier tithes—tax income from parishioners derived from their profit on sales, or extraction of produce and animals, typically to the tenth part— had been commuted under the 1836 Tithe Commutation Act. A vicarage was built in 1847 for £800. The parish church of St Nicholas (rebuilt in 1832) was described as "of white brick, with stone dressings, in the Gothic style... with a tower containing five bells and a clock. The latter and two of the bells are the gift of the vicar." New "open oak benches" costing £60, and carved with emblems of the twelve apostles and the twelve tribes of Israel, were added to the church in 1858. The church at the time seated 100. The parish school was built in 1855 for £170, and on the site of the previous vicarage; it was attended by 80 children. Professions and traders resident at Searby in 1872 were the parish vicar, a schoolmistress, the curate of [All Saints' Church] Grasby (1 mile to the southeast), a tailor, a bricklayer, a wheelwright, a blacksmith, a cow keeper, and three farmers. Listed at Owmby in 1872 were five farmers, one of whom was also a land & estate agent.

Owmby

Owmby is a hamlet in the civil parish of Searby cum Owmby, in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is less than 1 mile (1.6 km) south from the A1084 road, 3 miles (5 km) north-west from Caistor, 4 miles (6 km) south-east from Brigg, and in the Lincolnshire Wolds, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The parish village of Searby is less than 1 mile to the north-east.