Bulby, England

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Bulby is about 1 1/2 miles south and east of Irnham.


Just before reaching Bulby we passed this fine house where the Bloodworth's live. Directly across from the house was the field where the sheep were (pictured above).


Sign on the gate.


Carrying on we crossed the bridge over the East Glen River. On the left, in America, is what we call a "put-in" or "take-out" point for launching a canoe or boat.


The Cocks', Brister's and other families lived in Bulby in the 1800's. What did Bulby look like to them?


Pictured are some of the homes that they would have been familiar with, all well kept, built in the 1860's or even before.


A beautiful English garden.


Wonderful stonework.


One of the locals, with his two hunting dogs.


The iron "x's" stabilize the brick and stone walls.


Manor Farm


Manor Farm


Daffodils bloomed everywhere, as if they were wildflowers.


This tree could easily have witnessed our ancestors walking by going to work, listened to the women's chatter and had the children climbing up into the branches.


Some time after 1841, the Rev. William W. SMYTH erected Bulby Hall, a large mansion in the Elizabethan style.


Bulby Hall


Garden gate at Bulby Hall


Garden gate at Bulby Hall


Back on the road again, leaving Bulby Hall and heading to the next village.

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c. 1200 Grant Bulby, Lincolnshire Grant by William Benedict of Boleb' to Henry son of Thomas de Huvartop of four selions of land in Bolebi which abut upon "Areweitsiche," at a yearly rent of a halfpenny at Christmas. Christmas was often the time fixed for the payment of rents, perhaps because it was easier to wring money out of tenants at that convivial time of year. The sections of land referred to here were probably four strips for plowing in the common Welds around the village: these were very long and narrow, designed to make plowing easier, as the plowman would not have to negotiate a turn too often.5 This document may have been made by one of the witnesses, John the chaplain of Irnham, whose script has been described by one expert as "uncouth."