Owmby is a hamlet in the

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of Searby cum Owmby, in the

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district of

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, England. It is less than south from the

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, north-west from

Caistor Caistor is a town and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. As its name implies, it was originally a Roman Empire, Roman castrum or fortress. It lies at the north-west edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds, on the Vikin ...

, south-east from

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, and in the

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, a designated

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. The parish village of

Searby Searby is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: * John Searby (1900–1956), English cricketer * Richard Searby (1931–2018), Australian lawyer * Robin Searby (born 1947), British military officer *Searby Buxton (1 ...

is less than 1 mile to the north-east.

History

According to ''A Dictionary of British Place Names'', Owm could be "a farmstead or a village of a man called Authunn" or

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for "uncultivated land or deserted farm", and "by", a "farmstead, village or settlement". Owmby is mentioned in the

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of 1086 as " Odenebi", in the Lindsey

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, and the

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of Yarborough. It comprised 19 households, 7 villagers, 2 smallholders and 11 freemen, with 5 ploughlands, a meadow of , and a mill. In 1066 the

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was Grimkel. By 1086 a man named William was Lord, and William of Percy was

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."Owmby"
, Domesdaymap.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2012 The Domesday entry does not indicate the two Williams are the same man. Remains of a possible medieval settlement defined by identifiable

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of crofts (homesteads with land) lie east from the junction of the road to Searby with Station Lane and Owmby Hill. The 1872 '' White's Directory'' listed five farmers at Owmby, one of whom was also a land & estate agent. In 1885 ''

Kelly's Directory Kelly's Directory (or more formally, the Kelly's, Post Office and Harrod & Co Directory) was a trade directory in Britain that listed all businesses and tradespeople in a particular city or town, as well as a general directory of postal addresses ...

'' noted five farmers and Owmby Mount,''Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull'' 1885, p.618 a now

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listed c.1840 country house at the north-west edge of the hamlet. Living at Owmby Mount in 1885 was the Caistor Rural Sanitation Authority inspector of nuisances and registrar of births marriages and deaths for Caistor sub-district. A further Owmby listed building is the Grade II Tithe House on Station Lane, a late 18th-century farmhouse with a 20th-century extension.

References

External links

* {{Authority control Hamlets in Lincolnshire West Lindsey District