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Legsby is a small village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 193. It is situated approximately 13mi north-east from the city and county town of Lincoln and 3mi south-east from the town of Market Rasen. The parish includes the settlements of Bleasby, Bleasby Moor, Collow, and East Torrington. HistoryIn the Domesday account Legsby is recorded as "Lagesbi". It consisted of 6 villagers and 1 smallholder, 2 ploughlands, a meadow and woodland of 12acre each and a mill. In 1066 Alsi son of Godram held the lordship of the manor, transferred to Everard of Leathley in 1086, with Tenant-in-Chief becoming William of Percy. Domesday notes a now nonexistent village of Holtham in Legsby, named "Houten", 1400yd to the east, with 4 villagers, 2 smallholders, 6 freemen, 2 ploughlands, a 30-acre meadow, and lord and tenantship as Legsby. Bleasby, "Belesbi", contained 2 villagers, 2 smallholders and 2 freemen, with 3 ploughlands, a meadow and woodland of 120acre each, and Aghmund son of Walraven as lord in 1066, becoming Herman, with Tenant-in Chief as Jocelyn son of Lambert, in 1086.

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Legsby is a small village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 193. It is situated approximately 13mi north-east from the city and county town of Lincoln and 3mi south-east from the town of Market Rasen. The parish includes the settlements of Bleasby, Bleasby Moor, Collow, and East Torrington. HistoryIn the Domesday account Legsby is recorded as "Lagesbi". It consisted of 6 villagers and 1 smallholder, 2 ploughlands, a meadow and woodland of 12acre each and a mill. In 1066 Alsi son of Godram held the lordship of the manor, transferred to Everard of Leathley in 1086, with Tenant-in-Chief becoming William of Percy. Domesday notes a now nonexistent village of Holtham in Legsby, named "Houten", 1400yd to the east, with 4 villagers, 2 smallholders, 6 freemen, 2 ploughlands, a 30-acre meadow, and lord and tenantship as Legsby. Bleasby, "Belesbi", contained 2 villagers, 2 smallholders and 2 freemen, with 3 ploughlands, a meadow and woodland of 120acre each, and Aghmund son of Walraven as lord in 1066, becoming Herman, with Tenant-in Chief as Jocelyn son of Lambert, in 1086.

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Collow is located at Market Rasen