Winnibriggs and Threo
Winnibriggs and Threo is a wapentake in the Parts of Kesteven, the south-east division of Lincolnshire. It had a population of 31,769 in 2011.
Extent
The wapentakes of Winnibriggs and Threo (or Threw) were formed in the early Middle Ages. Both are mentioned in Domesday Book.[1] It is unclear when they were merged. In the 1830s the combined wapentake included part of the town of Grantham (the "Soke of Grantham" was usually designated separately in that period)[2] and of the parishes of:
- Allington (East and West)
- Barrowby
- Boothby Pagnell
- Grantham (Harrowby and Spittlegate)*
- Heydour (except Kelby and Culverthorpe)†
- Honington
- Little Ponton
- Ropsley with Little Humby
- Sedgebrook
- Somerby with Great Humby
- Stoke (North Stoke)*
- Stroxton
- Syston
- Welby
- Wilsford
- Woolsthorpe
- Wyville with Hungerton
*: Remainder in the Soke of Grantham.
†: Remainder in Aswardhurn wapentake.
References
- ↑ Open Domesday [1] and [2] Retrieved 16 March 2012.
- ↑ It was noted in the "Abstract of Answers and Returns" of the Population Act of 1831 that the Soke of Grantham "is surrounded by the Wapentake of Winnibriggs and Threo in a very irregular manner." Selection of Reports and Papers of the House of Commons ..., Volume 57, p. 338. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
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Holland: Elloe • Kirton • Skirbeck • Kesteven: Aswardhurn • Aveland • Beltisloe • Boothby Graffoe • Flaxwell • Grantham Soke • Langoe • Loveden • Ness • Winnibriggs and Threo • Lindsey: West Riding: Aslacoe • Corringham • Manley • Lawress • Well • North Riding: Bradley Haverstoe • Ludborough • Walshcroft • Yarborough • South Riding: Bolingbroke • Calceworth • Candleshoe • Gartree • Hill • Horncastle • Louth Eske • Wraggoe |