Brattleby

Brattleby is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 111, having slightly fallen from a figure of 113 quoted on the 2001 census. It is situated north of Lincoln, to the west of the A15, and near to RAF Scampton.

In 1981 the village was designated a conservation area.

History

According to ''A Dictionary of British Place Names'', Brattleby is defined as "a farmstead or a village of a man called Brot-Ulfr", an Old Scandinavian person name, with 'by', a "farmstead, village or settlement".

In the 1086 ''Domesday'' account Brattleby is mentioned three times as "Brotulbi", in the Hundred of Lawress in the West Riding of Lindsey. The manor held 19.5 households, 2 smallholders 5 freemen, 3 ploughlands and a meadow of . In 1066 Ulf Fenman was Lord of the Manor, this transferred in 1086 to Gilbert of Ghent, who also became Tenant-in-chief.

Brattleby became a Barony after the Norman conquest. In 1169 the Barony of Brattleby was inherited by Nicola de la Haye, who became Sheriff of Lincolnshire, and, in 1216 after the death of her husband Gerard de Camville, castellan of Lincoln Castle, where she was involved in the 1217 Battle of Lincoln and the defence against various sieges during the First Barons' War.

Brattleby Hall, established about 1780, with 1838-39 alterations by William Nicholson, was owned by the De La Haye family during the reign of Henry I. ''Pevsner'' describes the hall as early Victorian and notes stables dated 1813;Pevsner, Nikolaus; Harris, John; ''The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire'' p. 2197; Penguin, (1964); revised by Nicholas Antram (1989), Yale University Press. the stable block is Grade II listed.

In 1885 ''Kelly's Directory'' recorded that the living at the discharged (incumbent untaxed for the first year of appointment) rectory was in the gift of Samuel W. Wright DL, JP, of Brattleby Hall, a "modern mansion", who was also principal landowner and lord of the manor. The chief crops within a parish area of were wheat, barley, turnips and clover. The parish population in 1881 was 148. There was a mixed parochial school for 40 pupils, built in 1871 and supported by Samuel Wright. ''Kelly's'' also noted three farmers, a wool merchant, farm bailiff, shopkeeper, blacksmith and a wheelwright.''Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull'' 1885, p. 335

Brattleby Grade II* listed Anglican church is dedicated to St. Cuthbert. It was established in the late 11th century with later additions in the 14th, and was heavily restored in 1858 by James Fowler. ''Pevsner'' notes a late Anglo-Saxon shaft of a cross at the south of the churchyard. ''Kellys'' described the church of St Cuthbert as:

The churchyard contains one Commonwealth War Graves Commission grave, that of Flying Officer Clare Connor, RAF, the Canadian pilot of the aircraft on the mission for which John Hannah received the Victoria Cross. Connor was presented with the DFC by King George VI at Buckingham Palace when Hannah received the VC. Connor was based at nearby RAF Scampton, and he and his wife attended services at St. Cuthbert's. He was killed on a subsequent mission, and his body recovered from the North Sea.Peggy Curran, "The unknown Canadian: Hudson widow alerts British village  to heroic pilot's grave," Montreal Gazette 11 November 2010; see also "War widow travels 3,000 miles to visit the county grave of her airman husband," Lincolnshire Echo http://parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/Files/Parish/51/ConnorLincsecho.pdf

Notable people

*William Charles Salter, Rector

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Villages in Lincolnshire
Civil parishes in Lincolnshire
West Lindsey District