Ewerby Thorpe

{{Short description|Hamlet in Lincolnshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2014}}

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|country =England

|official_name =Ewerby Thorpe

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| civil_parish =Ewerby and Evedon

|shire_district =North Kesteven

|shire_county =Lincolnshire

|region =East Midlands

|constituency_westminster=Sleaford and North Hykeham

|post_town= Sleaford

|postcode_district = NG34

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|london_distance_mi= 105

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Ewerby Thorpe is a hamlet in the civil parish of Ewerby and Evedon, in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies {{Convert|2|mi|km}} north from the A17 road, {{Convert|4.5|mi|km|0}} east from Sleaford, and {{Convert|12|mi|km}} west from Boston. The village of Ewerby lies just to the west, and Howell just to the south, with the River Slea running {{Convert|1|mi|km}} to the north.

The hamlet is the site of the ancient village of Austhorpe. In the Domesday account Austhorpe is written as "Oustorp". It consisted of 8 villagers, with 3 ploughlands, a meadow of {{convert|44|acre|km2}} and woodland of {{convert|23|acre|km2}}. In 1086 lordship of the manor transferred to Kolsveinn of Lincoln.[http://www.domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TF1347/austhorpe/ "Austhorpe"], Domesdaymap.co.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2012[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7586647&queryType=1&resultcount=10 "Documents Online: Ewerby Thorpe, Lincolnshire"], Folio: 365r, Great Domesday Book; The National Archives. Retrieved 29 April 2012

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 lands of William de la Laund. He gave Ewerby Thorpe Fen, then called le Mykeldyke, to Haverholme Priory.Hallam, Herbert Enoch; Settlement and society: A study of the early agrarian history of South Lincolnshire, p. 107; Cambridge University Press (1965)[http://gridreferencefinder.com/?gr=TF1416348681|TF_s_14163_s_48681|1&v=h "Ewerby Thorpe Fen: TF141486"]; Gridreferencefinder.com. Retrieved 29 April 2012

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