Gayton le Wold
| Gayton le Wold | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 Church of St Peter, Gayton le Wold | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF236860 |
| Location: | 53°21’25"N, 0°8’34"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Louth |
| Postcode: | LN11 |
| Dialling code: | 01507 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Lindsey |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Louth and Horncastle |
Gayton le Wold is a village in the South Riding of Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire, six miles west of Louth, three miles north of Donington on Bain, and to the south of the A157. The parish includes Biscathorpe a mile to the south-west.
Churches
The parish church is St Peter's. It is of red brick, built in 1775, and it was restored in 1888.[1] The church is a Grade II listed building.[2]
In the 19th century the Wesleyans and Free Methodists had chapels in the village.[3]
History
The name 'Gayton' derived from the Old English gat tun, meaning "Goat village (or farmstead)" (or possibly the first element is from the Norse word for goat', geit). The suffix indicates its position on the Lincolnshire Wolds. In the Domesday Book Gayton le Wold appears as "Gedtune" or "Gettune".[4][5]
The Domesday Book records that the manor had 22 households, four smallholders, 18 freemen, four ploughlands, one church, and a meadow of 50 acres. Before the Norman Conquest the lordship was held by Queen Edith, and afterwards by the King.[6]
Gayton le Wold is recorded in the 1872 White's Directory as a small scattered village, and a parish with a population of 115 in an area of 1,139 acres "of fertile land". At the time the manor and Soke of Gayton, of which Grimoldsby (Grimoldby), Manby and the three parishes at Saltfleetby were also part, was a parcel of land]] held under the Honour of Richmond. feudal barony with its heartland in the North Riding of Yorkshire and dating to the 11th century.
St Peter's Church, a small brick building rebuilt in 1775 with seating for sixty, consisted of a nave, chancel and bell turret. The incumbency was under a discharged rectory – parish revenues (annates) kept within the parish – and was united with the parish of Biscathorpe. This joint benefice was in the gift of the Lord Chancellor. The rector resided at Biscathorpe and was also the rector of Calcethorpe. Parish tithes were commuted in 1841 under the 1836 Tithe Commutation Act, and substituted at Gayton with a £250 yearly rent-charge payment. People in Grimblethorpe, which was part of Gayton parish, attended Gayton church. The principal inhabitants of Gayton in 1872 were the residents of Gayton Grange, Gayton Manor, and the Manor House, all of whom were farmers, and a blacksmith.[7]
The parish has two great houses: Grimblethorpe Hall, built in around 1620, and Gayton Manor House built in about .1830. Each is a Grade II listed building, with its associated buildings.[8][9][10]
Outside links
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- Information on Gayton le Wold from GENUKI
- "Gayton Le Wold", Stmaryshorncastle.org.uk. Retrieved 23 December 2011
References
- ↑ Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 136; Methuen & Co. Ltd
- ↑ National Heritage List 1063138: Church of St Peter (Grade II listing)
- ↑ Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885, p. 413
- ↑ Mills, Anthony David: 'A Dictionary of British Place-Names' (Oxford University Press, 2003) ISBN 978-0-19-852758-9
- ↑ "Documents Online: Gayton le Wold, Lincolnshire", Folios: 338v, 375r, Great Domesday Book; The National Archives. Retrieved 23 December 2011
- ↑ Wold Gayton le Wold in the Domesday Book
- ↑ White, William (1872), Whites Directory of Lincolnshire, p.391
- ↑ National Heritage List 1063140: Grimblethorpe Hall (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1063139: Gayton Manor House (Grade II listing)
- ↑ {{NHLE|1168161|Stable, office and traphouse at Grimblethorpe Hall|grade=II