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Owston Ferry is a village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the west bank of the River Trent, and north from Gainsborough, and has a total resident population of 1,128. Sometimes referred to in short as Owston or Ferry, the village, which forms part of the Isle of Axholme, is bounded to the west by the A161 road and the village of Haxey. The River Trent is directly to the east. To the north, beyond a number of hamlets and villages, lies the River Humber. West Butterwick was originally a part of the township of Owston. ==History== The name "Owston" is thought to derive from the Old Norse "austr+tun", meaning "east farmstead",〔Mills, A. D. (1991) ''A Dictionary of English Place-Names'', Oxford University Press〕 a view shared by other sources which outline that it specifically implied the "farmstead east of Haxey".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Owston Ferry Local History Pack )〕 The name "Owston" is shared by at least two other settlements within the United Kingdom. In the 1086 ''Domesday Book'' it is listed as "Ostone",〔 Owston Ferry Castle, also known as Kinnard's Ferry Castle, was a motte-and-bailey fortification from the 12th century. It lay on the site of an earlier, Roman castrum. It was dismantled by order of Henry II of England in 1175-76 following the Revolt of 1173–1174. Owston Ferry Grade I listed Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Martin. The church register dates from 1603.〔''Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull'' 1885, pp. 593, 594〕 In 1885 ''Kelly's'' reported the existence of Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels, a rope-walk, boat-building yard, several corn mills, and the manufacture of sacking and sail cloth. The parish was of . Wheat, barley, potatoes, beans and grass were grown.〔 West Kinnard's Ferry was a separate settlement. Kinnard's short for King Edward's Ferry. According to Rev. W.B. Stonehouse, " History of the Isle of Axholme." 1836. Established by Edward the Confessor when he required help from Northumbria against southern enemies. 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「Owston Ferry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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