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__NOTOC__ Castle Bytham is a village and civil parish of around 300 houses in South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. At one time the village was an important commercial centre for the surrounding agricultural communities, but it is now largely a dormitory, although a number of farming families remain with a much reduced workforce. ==History== *''See Bytham River for details of the postulated ice age watercourse that takes its name from the village.'' The name 'Bytham' is first recorded in 1067 (as a monastery that rapidly translated to Vaudey Abbey), and comes from the Old English word ''bythme'' meaning ''Valley bottom, broad valley''. In the Domesday survey of 1086 the village was known as ''West Bytham''〔Wild, John, (1871); ''The History of Castle Bytham: Its Ancient Fortress and Manor'' p. 3; BiblioBazaar (2008) ISBN 0-554-79494-2 / Nabu Press (2010) ISBN 978-1-147-70286-6〕 as the castle had yet to be built. People have named the river that runs through the village the ''Tham'' or ''Am'' as a back-formation from the village name. Morkery Wood housed a former bomb dump during the Second World War for the nearby airfields. In the early hours of 19 November 1942 Handley Page Halifax BB209 NP-G〔(1942 Handley-Page Halifax crash )〕 of 158 Sqn, from RAF Rufforth in North Yorkshire, crashed near Stocken Hall Farm (in the wood). It had been hit by flak south-east of Paris coming back from a raid on Turin (Torino).〔(Lost Bombers )〕 Half the aircrew were in the RCAF. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Castle Bytham」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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