Graizelound is a hamlet in the

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Haxey Haxey is a town and civil parish on the Isle of Axholme in the North Lincolnshire unitary authority of Lincolnshire, England. It is directly south of Epworth, south-west of Scunthorpe, north-west of Gainsborough, east of Doncaster and north-no ...

North Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Lincolnshire, England. At the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 Census, it had a population of 167,446. T ...

, England. It is approximately to the north-west of Lincoln, and centred on the crossroad junction of Haxey Lane, Station Road, Akeferry Road and Ferry Road. The town of Haxey is to the north. Owston Ferry on the

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is to the north-east. Graizelound forms part of the

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History

According to ''A Dictionary of British Place Names'', the 'lound' in Graizelound derives from the Old Scandinavian 'lundr' for "a small wood or grove". Graizelound is recorded in the 1086 ''

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'' as "Lund", being a name for both the later East Lound and Graizelound, in the

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of Epworth and the

West Riding of Lindsey The West Riding of Lindsey was a division of the Lindsey part of Lincolnshire in England, along with the North and South ridings. It consisted of the north-western part of the county, and included the Isle of Axholme and the Aslacoe, Corringh ...

. The settlement contained ten households, four villagers, four freemen, two tributaries, 0.6 ploughlands, 3.5 men's plough teams, and a fishery. The

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in 1066 were Alnoth and Ulf Fenman. Following ''Domesday'', lordship was given to Geoffrey de La Guerche who was also

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to King

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Graizelound is recorded in the 1872 '' White's Directory'' as a hamlet of Haxey parish with a list of occupations and residents that included thirty farmers, two of whom were also shopkeepers, a

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, a

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, a shoemaker, and an occupant of a day school. At Cumberworth Lodge lived Thomas Wharton Emerson, and at Sobraon Lodge, Captain William Henry Emerson, who were brothers, and nephews to Sir Wharton Amcotts, 1st Baronet of Kettlethorpe Hall. Cumberworth Lodge on Ferry Road (Main Street), is today a care home, and is a Grade II listed rendered brick building that dates to the mid-18th-century. Further Grade II listed buildings are the 18th-century red brick Lound House on Main Street, and on Graizelound Fields Roads, Manor House, of brown brick built in 1791, and the early 19th-century red brick Croft House.

References

External links

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"Haxey"
includes Graizelound. The Isle of Axholme Family History Society. Retrieved 9 January 2019

Isleofaxholme.co.uk, includes Graizelound. Retrieved 9 January 2019 {{Authority control Hamlets in Lincolnshire Borough of North Lincolnshire Isle of Axholme Haxey