Ewerby Thorpe is a hamlet in the
civil parish
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of
Ewerby and Evedon
Ewerby and Evedon is a Civil parishes in England, civil parish in North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. It includes the villages of Ewerby and Evedon, the hamlet of Haverholme, and is situated immediately east of Sleaford.
The population of the ...
, in the
North Kesteven
North Kesteven is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Lincolnshire, England. The council is based in Sleaford. The district also contains the town of North Hykeham, which adjoins the neighbouring city of Lincoln, England, L ...
district
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of
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire (), abbreviated ''Lincs'', is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber regions of England. It is bordered by the East Riding of Yorkshire across the Humber estuary to th ...
, England. It lies north from the
A17 road, east from
Sleaford
Sleaford is a market town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. On the edge of the The Fens, Fenlands, it is north-east of Grantham, west of Boston, Lincolnshire, Boston, and sou ...
, and west from
Boston
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. The village of
Ewerby
Ewerby is a village in the civil parish of Ewerby and Evedon, in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies north-east from Sleaford and south from Anwick. The hamlet of Ewerby Thorpe lies to the east from Ewerby.
Histo ...
lies just to the west, and
Howell just to the south, with the
River Slea running to the north.
The hamlet is the site of the ancient village of Austhorpe. In the ''
Domesday
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'' account Austhorpe is written as "Oustorp". It consisted of 8
villagers, with 3
ploughlands, a meadow of and woodland of . In 1086
lordship of the manor transferred to Kolsveinn of Lincoln.
The land immediately to the north-west, south of the River Slea and stretching to
South Kyme, was known as Ewerby Thorpe Fen. In the 13th century it was the part of the
manorial
Manorialism, also known as seigneurialism, the manor system or manorial system, was the method of land ownership (or "tenure") in parts of Europe, notably France and later England, during the Middle Ages. Its defining features included a large, ...
lands of William de la Laund. He gave Ewerby Thorpe Fen, then called le Mykeldyke, to
Haverholme Priory
Haverholme Priory was a former monastery and a country house in Lincolnshire, England. Its remains are situated north-east of the town of Sleaford and less than south-west from the village of Anwick.
Foundation
In 1137, Alexander, Bishop ...
.
"Ewerby Thorpe Fen: TF141486"
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Hamlets in Lincolnshire
North Kesteven District