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Hibaldstow is a village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the B1206 road, south from Brigg and the M180. The site of the deserted medieval village of Gainsthorpe is nearby. ==History== Hibaldstow was founded as a Roman legionary 'roadside fort' on Ermine Street, the road from Lincoln to the Humber; later it became a posting station. The earliest evidence for occupation suggests a date in the late first century. Occupation continued into the late fourth century. There is no Iron Age settlement evidence from the Roman site itself. The village name derives from Saint Hygbald – a Northumbrian missionary who came to the area in the latter part of the 7th century. Described as a 'shadowy figure' the missionary became Abbot of Bardney and later a saint. Three churches around the village – then known as Ceceseg – became dedicated to him when he was made a saint. The name 'Hibaldstow' comes from Old English Hygebald+stow, for "Place where St. Hygebald is buried". From 1066–87 the village was referred to as "Hibaldestowa". It appeared in the 1086 ''Domesday Book'' as "Hiboldestou". Variations in the spelling are many, even within a single document. Some writers have suggested that the name was originally Hubba, a Danish commander or leader.〔Mills, A. D. (1991): ''A Dictionary of English Place-Names'', Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-869156-4〕 In 1916 ''Cox'' stated: "In this parish, on the old line of the Ermine Street, is the entrenched camp of Gainsthorpe, where Roman coins and traces of pavement have been found. It is said that this hamlet was uprooted by men of the neighbouring villages, as it had become a mere nest of highwaymen preying upon travellers on the lonely road."〔Cox, J. Charles (1916) ''Lincolnshire'' pp. 165, 166; Methuen & Co. Ltd.〕 In 1885 ''Kellys'' noted a Wesleyan and a Primitive Methodist chapel, and an 1874 built board school. Principal landowners were the Duke of St Albans PC and Sir Hugh Arthur Henry Cholmeley, bart DL JP. Agricultural production of the parish was chiefly wheat barley and turnips.〔''Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull'' 1885, p. 475〕 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「Hibaldstow」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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