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Description: | PRN 65037
[This record includes information from PRN 62716, now deleted.]
Aunsby is first mentioned in the Domesday Book. Land there belonged to Guy de Reinbuedcurt, and there was a minimum population of 25 sokemen. {1}
The name Aunsby means 'Outhen's farmstead, village', from the Anglo-Scandinavian personal name Outhen and the Old Danish suffix 'by'. {2}
The Lay Subsidy of 1334 lists the wealth of Aunsby (with Crofton) as £3 1s 11d, below average for its wapentake (Aswardhurn). {3}
The Diocesan Return of 1563 records 16 households resident at Aunsby. {4}
By the late 17th/early 18th century there were 20 families resident, falling to 15. {5}
In 1801, the parish's population was 84 people, rising to 140 in 1861 before falling again to 104 by 1901. {6}
The landowners at Aunsby from medieval times to the 19th century are briefly discussed by Trollope. {8}
Medieval earthwork crofts (PRN 65037a) are visible along the south side of the village on aerial photographs. {7} | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 1000 - 1539 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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