Keisby is a small hamlet

Hamlet (place)

A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...

 in the district of South Kesteven

South Kesteven

South 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:...

, in Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...

, England. It is situated roughly 7 or 8 miles north-west of 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:...

, and is part of the Lenton, Keisby and Osgodby

Lenton, Lincolnshire

Lenton is a small hamlet in the district of South Kesteven, in Lincolnshire, England. It is situated roughly 9.5 miles south east of Grantham, and is part of the Lenton, Keisby and Osgodby parish.-Village:...

 parish. Lenton parish is part of The North Beltisloe Group of parishes in the Deanery

Deanery

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 of Beltisloe

Beltisloe

Beltisloe is a Deanery of the Diocese of Lincoln England, and a former Wapentake.The Wapentake of Beltisloe, was an old administrative division of the English county of Lincolnshire. In England a wapentake was the division of a shire for administrative, military and judicial purposes under the...

. The Incumbent is The Revd Richard Ireson. There is no separate church, services taking place in the parish church in Lenton.

There are many other hamlets around the area such as Little Humby

Little Humby

Little Humby is a small hamlet roughly 7 or 8 miles out of Grantham. It is part of the Ropsley parish. There is also Great Humby about 1/2 a mile down the road, which is actually smaller...

, Great Humby

Great Humby

Great Humby is the smaller of two hamlets, the other being Little Humby. It is located 7 or 8 miles out of Grantham, Lincolnshire. It is home to roughly 15 people, it has a small chapel with a nearby pond. The main attraction to this small hamlet is the turkey farm.Great Humby is surrounded by...

, Hanby, and Lenton. Larger villages close by include Ropsley

Ropsley

Ropsley is a village about east of Grantham, Lincolnshire, England.-Village:Ropsley has its own village hall which also within the ground has a basketball court, a football pitch and a cricket pitch. There is a golf course located on the outskirts of the village, it has 12 holes after undergoing...

, 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...

 and Ingoldsby

Ingoldsby

Ingoldsby is a small village of approximately 121 households, located seven miles south east of Grantham, in South Kesteven, Lincolnshire.-Parish:...

.

The name Keisby comes from an Old Norse

Old Norse

Old Norse is a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....

 term meaning Kisi's farmstead or village. The village does have ancient origins, as it was mentioned in the Domesday Book

Domesday Book

Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...

of 1086 and in various documents since. There have also been a variety of spellings over the years ranging from Chisebi to Kisebi and Kysebi.

The English surname Kisby (and variants) is believed to originate from Keisby.

External links

• http://homepages.which.net/~rex/bourne/keisby.htm