Owmby-by-Spital
- Not to be confused with Owmby
| Owmby-by-Spital | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 Owmby church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF001874 |
| Location: | 53°22’29"N, 0°29’49"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 388 (2011) |
| Post town: | Market Rasen |
| Postcode: | LN8 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Lindsey |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Gainsborough |
Owmby-by-Spital is a village in Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire, sitting two miles east of the A15 road, eleven miles north of Lincoln and eight miles west of Market Rasen. The population of the civil parish (just called Owmby then) was 388 at the 2011 census.
Owmby-by-Spital is listed in 6 entries of the Domesday Book as Ouneby, in the Aslacoe wapentake, in the West Riding of Lindsey. The largest holder in 1066 and 1086 being the Bishop of Lincoln (St Mary). Other land holders in 1086 include Bishop Odo of Bayeux, Ivo Tallboys (Taillebois), and Jocelyn, (son of Lambert).[1]
The civil parish covers an area of 1,600 acres and according to the 2001 Census it had a population of 309.
The designation of "Spital" in the name comes from the proximity to the village of Spital-in-the-Street.
The village church is dedicated to St Peter and St Paul. Kelly's Directory noted that the church was built in 1808, with parts of the structure Norman, and that it seated 200 people.[2]
A school was built in 1836, by 1881 Owmby school had closed.[3]
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References
- ↑ Owmby-by-Spital in the Domesday Book
- ↑ Kelly's Directory (1919), p. 454
- ↑ Owmby by Spital: Genuki
