Aveland
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Aveland was a Wapentake of Kesteven
from the time of the Danelaw
until the Local Government Act 1888
. Its meeting place was The Aveland at in the parish of Aslackby.
ably assisted until 918, by Æthelflæd
had restored English rule in the part of he Danelaw represented by Kesteven. The wapentake included the parishes of Aslackby, Bourne
, Dembleby, Dowsby
, Dunsby
, Folkingham
, Haconby
, Haceby
, Horbling
, Kirkby Underwood
, Laughton
, Morton
, Newton
, Osbournby
, Pickworth
, Pointon
, Rippingale
, Sempringham
, Spanby
, Swaton
, Threekingham
and Walcot
; some of which have since been amalgamated.
There is documentary evidence for a settlement called Avethorpe, from the Domesday survey onwards, but no actual location is known.
in 1013. The Kesteven people supported it so that, when order was restored, the shire of Lincoln was set up and given powers over the wapentakes. Subsequently, piecemeal, privileges were given to lords of the manors in Aveland so that it became progressively less significant. By 1250, there was little power left. For the purposes of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, The territory of Aveland was included in the Union of Bourne.
Kesteven
The Parts of Kesteven are a traditional subdivision of Lincolnshire, England. This subdivision had long had a separate county administration , along with the other two parts, Lindsey and Holland.-Etymology:...
from the time of the Danelaw
Danelaw
The Danelaw, as recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle , is a historical name given to the part of England in which the laws of the "Danes" held sway and dominated those of the Anglo-Saxons. It is contrasted with "West Saxon law" and "Mercian law". The term has been extended by modern historians to...
until the Local Government Act 1888
Local Government Act 1888
The Local Government Act 1888 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which established county councils and county borough councils in England and Wales...
. Its meeting place was The Aveland at in the parish of Aslackby.
Origins
Aveland was probably established as an administrative unit soon after 921 when Edward the ElderEdward the Elder
Edward the Elder was an English king. He became king in 899 upon the death of his father, Alfred the Great. His court was at Winchester, previously the capital of Wessex...
ably assisted until 918, by Æthelflæd
Ethelfleda
Æthelflæd , was the eldest daughter of King Alfred the Great of Wessex and Ealhswith, wife of Æthelred, ealdorman of Mercia, and after his death, ruler of Mercia...
had restored English rule in the part of he Danelaw represented by Kesteven. The wapentake included the parishes of Aslackby, Bourne
Bourne, Lincolnshire
Bourne is a market town and civil parish on the western edge of the Fens, in the District of South Kesteven in southern Lincolnshire, England.-The town:...
, Dembleby, Dowsby
Dowsby
Dowsby is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the western edge of The Fens at the junction of the east-west B1397 road and the north-south B1177. It is north-east of Rippingale and just south of Pointon. The civil parish includes the...
, Dunsby
Dunsby
Dunsby is a small village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of in Lincolnshire, England. It lies miles north from Bourne, just off the A15 on the western edge of the Lincolnshire Fens. In 2001 it has a population of 141....
, Folkingham
Folkingham
Folkingham is a village and civil parish at the northern edge of the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the A15 road of north of Bourne. The civil parish and ecclesiastical parish have the same boundaries. The 2001 census recorded a population of 729.-Village:The village...
, Haconby
Haconby
Haconby is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the western edge of the Lincolnshire Fens, north from Bourne-Geography:...
, Haceby
Haceby
Haceby is a hamlet in the civil parish of Newton and Haceby in the district of North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. It lies east from Grantham, south from Sleaford, and south off the A52.In the Domesday account the village was written as "Hazebi"....
, Horbling
Horbling
Horbling is a village which is situated a half mile north of Billingborough, in South Kesteven, in Lincolnshire on the B1777.It contains a church and a scout group. The scout group also serves Billingborough, Horbling and Morton. The church is dedicated to . The village pub is the on Spring Lane...
, Kirkby Underwood
Kirkby Underwood
Kirkby Underwood is a village of 80 households located around four miles north of Bourne in southern Lincolnshire, in the district of South Kesteven....
, Laughton
Laughton
Laughton could be*John Knox Laughton, 1830-1915, British naval historian*Charles Laughton, British actor*Laughton, East Sussex*Laughton, Leicestershire*Laughton, South Kesteven, Lincolnshire*Laughton, West Lindsey, Lincolnshire...
, Morton
Morton and Hanthorpe
Morton and Hanthorpe is a civil parish, formerly known as Morton by Bourne in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. There are other villages and hamlets in the county with the name of Morton. There are 921 households in Morton and 74 in Hanthorpe.Morton Grade I listed Anglican...
, Newton
Newton, Lincolnshire
Newton is a historic hamlet that dates back as a settlement to Roman times and before, and is located around 13 km east of Grantham. Newton is mostly contained in a conservation area and contains some listed buildings, although this has not stopped a large amount of development since the...
, Osbournby
Osbournby
Osbournby is a small village and civil parish in North Kesteven in the English county of Lincolnshire.-Geography:It is located five miles south of Sleaford on the A15 road near the A52 roundabout. Adjacent villages include Spanby, Aunsby and Threekingham. The village has a population of roughly...
, Pickworth
Pickworth, Lincolnshire
Pickworth is a civil parish and village in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England.Pickworth was mentioned in Domesday Book of 1086 when it had forty households and a church....
, Pointon
Pointon
Pointon is a small village situated near Bourne, in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It forms part of the civil parish of Pointon and Sempringham, and the population of the civil parish in 2001 was 507....
, Rippingale
Rippingale
Rippingale is a village in Lincolnshire, England on the A15 road about 5 miles north of Bourne. Its local government district is South Kesteven. Rippingale is a civil parish and an ecclesiastical parish in the Aveland Deanery of the Diocese of Lincoln....
, Sempringham
Sempringham
Sempringham is a hamlet in Lincolnshire, England that is located north of Bourne, on the Lincolnshire fen edge. Sempringham is now a very small hamlet consisting of a church, a house and a well, giving little clue to the history embodied within its parish boundary. Most of its houses are a...
, Spanby
Spanby
Spanby is a village and former civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, about south of the town of Sleaford. Since 1931 the village has been part of the civil parish of Threekingham....
, Swaton
Swaton
Swaton is a hamlet and civil parish in North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England, off the A52 road on the B1394. The name comes from Suavetone or Swaffa’s Farmstead. The nearest town is Sleaford. The Roman Car Dyke runs to the east of the village. Roman brick pits are still extant. The Eau river rises...
, Threekingham
Threekingham
Threekingham is a village in mid-Lincolnshire, on the A52 Grantham to Boston road, near Sleaford, close to the A15 Threekingham Bar roundabout. Mareham Lane, the Roman Road aligned with King Street, crosses the A15 at Threekingham....
and Walcot
Walcot
Walcot may refer to:* Walcot, Shropshire, a small village in the county of Shropshire, England* Walcot, Bath, a suburb of the city of Bath, England* Walcot, North Kesteven in Lincolnshire* Walcot, Lydbury North in Shropshire...
; some of which have since been amalgamated.
There is documentary evidence for a settlement called Avethorpe, from the Domesday survey onwards, but no actual location is known.
Decline
Between 921 and 1888, the administrative significance of the wapentake was reduced by many small steps. The first was as a result of the invasion of England by SweinSweyn I of Denmark
Sweyn I Forkbeard was king of Denmark and England, as well as parts of Norway. His name appears as Swegen in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and he is also known in English as Svein, Swein, Sven the Dane, and Tuck.He was a Viking leader and the father of Cnut the Great...
in 1013. The Kesteven people supported it so that, when order was restored, the shire of Lincoln was set up and given powers over the wapentakes. Subsequently, piecemeal, privileges were given to lords of the manors in Aveland so that it became progressively less significant. By 1250, there was little power left. For the purposes of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, The territory of Aveland was included in the Union of Bourne.
Modern usage
- The name Aveland is retained as that of an electoral ward in South KestevenSouth KestevenSouth Kesteven is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England, forming part of the traditional Kesteven division of the county. It covers Grantham, Stamford, Bourne and Market Deeping.-History:...
administrative district: - It is also the name of a school: http://www.aveland.lincs.sch.uk/index.htm.
- In the Diocese of LincolnDiocese of LincolnThe Diocese of Lincoln forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England. The present diocese covers the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire.- History :...
, there is an Aveland and Ness with Stamford DeaneryDeaneryA Deanery is an ecclesiastical entity in both the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or residence of a Dean.- Catholic usage :...
. - Lincoln Hall, a residence at the University of Nottingham, has a house named Aveland.
External links
- Historical sources in the deanery (Genealogy of UK & Ireland site).
- 1817 Land Tax assessments in the Wapentake of Aveland.