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__NOTOC__ Horbling is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the B1177, south-east from Sleaford, north-east from Grantham, and north from Billingborough. Village population recorded in the 2001 census was 397 in 162 households.〔 ==History== Horbling is the site of a probable Romano-British settlement, centred around the present Fen Drove and Fen Farm, on Horbling Fen to the east, where has been found earthwork evidence of rectilinear enclosures, and watercourses. Large quantities of Roman Samian ware and roof tiles have also been discovered. ''Cox'' noted that on the right hand side of road from Billingborough to Horbling is a tumulus, probably of pre-historic origin.〔Cox, J. Charles (1916) ''Lincolnshire'' pp. 168, 169, 170; Methuen & Co. Ltd.〕 In the ''Domesday'' account the village is written as "Horbelinge". It consisted of 9 villagers, 8 freemen and one smallholder, land for 4 plough teams, a meadow and a church. Before the conquest Thorkill the Dane was lord of the manor, in 1086 lordship was transferred to Walter D'Aincourt.〔( "Documents Online: Horbling, Lincolnshire" ), Folio: 340r, ''Great Domesday Book''; The National Archives. Retrieved 14 April 2012〕 A hamlet of Horbling, Bridge End, (previously also Holland Brigg) to the east, is the site of the small Gilbertine priory of St Saviour, founded in 1199 by Godwin the Rich of Lincoln.〔("The Priory of St Saviour, Bridgend in Horbling" ); British History Online. Retrieved 14 April 2012〕 The canons at Bridgend Priory were charged with the upkeep of Holland Bridge causeway (de ponte Aslaci), a Roman road running from the Midlands to The Wash.〔 ''Cox'' also noted: "It had a slender endowment and was probably never occupied by more than 2 or 3 canons". A parcel of land and messuage at the head of the causeway near the priory was given by Robert Jokem of Horbling to St Saviour's, to support the work of the canons.〔Marrat, W. (1816); ''The History of Lincolnshire, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive''; p. 146-153; reprinted BiblioBazaar, LLC (2010) ISBN 1142219933〕 The causeway stretched between Horbling and Donington and was, until the 18th century, the only sound road between Kesteven and Holland.〔Wright, Neil R. (1982); ''Lincolnshire Towns and Industry 1700-1914''; p. 22. History of Lincolnshire Committee for the Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. ISBN 0902668102〕 In 1816, Marrat recorded that Bridge End "consists of a few farm houses, and a tolerably good Inn." The priory had been taken down 45 years previously (c.1770), and its materials used for a large farmhouse virtually on the same site. Two miles to the east of the Bridge End was built a chapel where prayers were said for the safety of travellers.〔 The Medieval Stow Fair was held to the west of the village at the junction of Mareham Lane and Stow Lane from 1233, and lasted until 1954.〔(''Lincolnshire, Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516'' ) (2005); British History Online. Retrieved 14 April 2012〕 According to a district council notice board at the site, the fair, traditionally held on 23 June, was probably dedicated to St Ætheldreda. In 1885 ''Kelly's Directory'' noted that the village was on the Bourne and Sleaford branch of the Great Northern Railway, and that the principal dwellings were supplied by the Billingborough and Horbling Gas Company. Agricultural production in a parish of was chiefly wheat, barley, beans and oats. Its population in 1881 was 501. The Lord of the Manor was a George Shaw, and chief landowners were Edward Nathaniel Conant, George Shaw and Captain Henry Smith JP. A school for boys and girls was originally established by Edward Brown of Horbling (d.1692) with endowments provided by income from his lands at Wigtoft. A new National School schoolhouse was erected in 1865 for the free education of 11 boys and 9 girls.〔''Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull'' 1885, pp. 483, 484〕 Up to 1905 existed Horbling Windmill.〔("Site of former Horbling Windmill, Horbling" ); LincsToThePast.com. Retrieved 14 April 2012〕 Between 1939 and 1948 an area on the south side of Sandygate Lane was used to accommodate a prisoner of war camp. As Camp 80, it held German prisoners who were used as local labourers. Housing now occupies the camp site. Billingborough and Horbling Railway Station closed in 1964, after ceasing to be a passenger carrier over 30 years previously. It was built in 1872 through an act of Parliament of 1865. After closure the line to the north of the station was used to store the Royal Train. The remains of the line just to the west of the village has become a nature reserve for small wildlife under the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust.〔("Horbling Line" ); Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 14 April 2012〕 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「Horbling」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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