Navenby
Navenby is a village and civil parish in Lincolnshire, England. In March 2011, it was named as the ‘Best Value Village’ in England. It straddles Ermine Street, a Roman road built between 45 and 75 AD. Bronze Age cemetery and the remains of an Iron Age settlement have been discovered.
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Navenby is a village and civil parish in Lincolnshire, England. In March 2011, it was named as the ‘Best Value Village’ in England following a national survey. Navenby straddles Ermine Street, a Roman road built between 45 and 75 AD, which runs between London and York. Bronze Age cemetery and the remains of an Iron Age settlement have been discovered in the village. The Vikings exerted influence over Lincolnshire in the 9th and 10th centuries, as can be seen in the many local place names ending in -by. The Viking Way, a 147-mile footpath that cuts through the village, is a lasting reminder of their presence. The present name is derived from the Old Norse Nafni+by, which means ‘farmstead or village of a man called NafNI”. In the Domesday Book of 1086, Naven by appears as Navenbi and Navenebi. It became a market town after receiving a charter from Edward the Confessor in the 11th century. The charter was later renewed by William Rufus, Edward III, and Richard II. The wide main street, down which farmers once drove their sheep to market, is lasting evidence of its market town status. A market square once stood at the centre of the village marked by a cross in honour of Queen Eleanor. Today, the square has gone and the cross is ruin. Parish records show the village hosted several annual fairs each year: a farm fair on October at which animals were traded on Thursday; a Hiring Fair held each May Day at which servants gathered to seek employment.
Such significance was felt that part of the parish was enclosed in 1772 and a Sick Society was founded. The parish records show that a workhouse for the parish’s poor was erected here, although the building was later given to other uses. The village is now a dormitory village for Lincoln. It is 8 miles south from the county town of Lincoln and 9 miles north-northwest from Sleaford. It had a population of 2,128 at the time of the 2011 census and is part of North Kesteven local government district. The civil parish is rural, covering more than 2,100 acres. It straddled Ermine street, aRoman road built from 45 to 75 AD. Evidence suggests that the Romans are reported to have maintained a small base or garrison in the area. A possible Romano-British temple and burial sites have been unearthed in the region. A 2009 archaeological dig uncovering a road, building foundations and Roman graves along with pottery and coins, showed NavenBy to be a Roman Service Station. The Roman army marched to and from the Legionary Fortress at Lincoln. The city of Lincoln was very important at that time, probably the capital of the late Roman Province of Flavia Caesariensis. Late Saxon remains have also been found under and around St Peter’s Church, suggesting the original Roman village had moved to Church Lane and North Lane.
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