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Summary

The settlement of Dembleby is first mentioned in the Domesday Book and survives to the present day

Full description

PRN 65038
[This record contains information from PRNs 62701 and 62702, now deleted.]
Dembleby is first mentioned in the Domesday Book. Land there belonged to Gilbert de Gand, Colsuain and Guy of Craon. There was a minumum population of 25 sokemen, 4 bordars and 2 villeins. {1}
The name Dembleby is of Old Norse and Old Danish origin and probably means 'the farmstead, village by the pool'. {2}
The Lay Subsidy of 1334 lists Dembleby's wealth as £2 14s 1/4d, below average for its wapentake (Aveland). {3}
The Diocesan Return of 1563 records 11 households resident at Dembleby. {4}
By the late 17th/early 18th century there were 9 or 10 families in residence. {5}
In 1801, the parish's population was 50 people, rising to 84 in 1851 before falling again to 51 by 1901. {6}
The landowners of Dembleby from medieval times to the 19th century are discussed by Trollope. {8}
Earthwork and cropmark remains of medieval settlement (PRN 65038a) are visible to the north of the village on aerial photographs, and a small area of ridge and furrow (PRN 65038b) is visible to the south. {7}
Possible settlement earthworks (PRN 65038c) are also reported in the area of the old church at TF 038 378 (although this area is also thought to be the site of a possible manor house - see PRN 60832). {9}{10}

<1> C.W. Foster and T. Longley, 1924, Lincolnshire Domesday and Lindsey Survey, 24/89; 26/43; 57/16 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI893.

<2> Kenneth Cameron, 1998, A Dictionary of Lincolnshire Place-Names, p 37 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI5432.

<3> R.E. Glasscock, 1964, 'The Lay Subsidy of 1334 for Lincolnshire' in Lincolnshire Architectural and Archaeological Society Reports and Papers, vol.10.2, p.123 (Article in Serial). SLI653.

<4> Gerald A.J. Hodgett, 1975, Tudor Lincolnshire, p 192 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI6089.

<5> R.E.G. Cole, 1913, Speculum Dioeceseos Lincolniensis sub Episcopis Gul: Wake et Edm: Gibson A.D.1705-1723. Part 1: Archdeaconries of Lincoln and Stow, pp 40 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI6090.

<6> William Page (ed), 1906, The Victoria County History: Lincolnshire - Volume 2, p 360 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI1104.

<7> Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1992-1996, National Mapping Programme, TF 03 NW; 0337 LI.841.7 (Map). SLI3613.

<8> Edward Trollope, 1872, Sleaford and the Wapentakes of Flaxwell and Aswardhurn in the County of Lincoln, pp 357-58 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI920.

<9> William White, 1856, History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire - Second Edition, p 540 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI886.

<10> Aunsby and Dembleby SMR cards, TF 03 NW; S (Index). SLI2889.

<11> Ordnance Survey, Aunsby and Dembleby O.S. cards, TF 03 NW; 10 (Index). SLI2367.

Monument Types

• SETTLEMENT (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Modern - 1000 AD to 2050 AD)
• CROFT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
• RIDGE AND FURROW (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
• TOFT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Protected Status

• SHINE

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