Official Name: | East Firsby |
Static Image Name: | Saxon House - geograph.org.uk - 453802.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Saxon House, East Firsby - built to traditional methods |
Static Image 2 Name: | East Firsby - geograph.org.uk - 179215.jpg |
Static Image 2 Caption: | Lane in East Firsby |
Country: | England |
Region: | East Midlands |
Os Grid Reference: | TF009854 |
Coordinates: | 53.3563°N -0.4843°W |
Post Town: | Market Rasen |
Postcode Area: | LN |
Postcode District: | LN8 |
Constituency Westminster: | Gainsborough |
Civil Parish: | West Firsby |
Shire District: | West Lindsey |
Shire County: | Lincolnshire |
London Distance Mi: | 130 |
London Direction: | S |
East Firsby and West Firsby are two hamlets in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. They are situated about 10miles north from the city of Lincoln, and set in the Lincolnshire Wolds, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
East Firsby lies between Saxby and Spridlington, with West Firsby about 1miles to the west, near the A15 road. East Firsby civil parish was abolished to enlarge that of West Firsby in 1936.[1] There is no church.
The hamlet of Firsby is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book as "Frisebi", with 22 households, 30acres of meadow and a church, with Ilbert of Lacy as Lord of the Manor.[2]
The Manor House at West Firsby fell into disrepair and was demolished during the 1990s. At East Firsby is the mid 18th-century Grade II listed Manor Farmhouse, and at West Firsby is a site of a deserted medieval village.
There is an oilfield at West Firsby.[3]