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Description: | The settlement of Whisby is included in the Domesday Book as being land which belonged to the manor of St Peter of Westminster. It means 'Hvit's farmstead or village' from the Old Danish. {1}{2}
The church burnt down in 1321. {3}
There are about 20 families recorded as living in Doddington and Whisby in the early eighteenth century. {7}
Enclosure occured in 1841. {4}
Ridge and furrow survives as earthworks around the hamlet. {5} | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 1000 - 1539 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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