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history

updated 27/07/04


This section of the website will gradually grow to contain historical information about theBythams area.


Bytham is from the Old English bythme or "valley bottom," and the name first appears in 1067 as Bytham and in the 1086 Domesday Book as Bitham.


The Histories pages on theBythams website are currently devided into four sub-sections ...

A walk through the Archaeology of Castle Bytham added 27/07/04
- reproduction of a booklet designed to accompany a walk around Castle Bytham developed by Dan Ratcliffe, Community Archaeologist for South Kesteven of the Heritage Trust for Lincolnshire

Careby Parish Documents
- electronic copies of historical documents from the Parish of Careby

Histories
- a selection of histories on the internet with some connection to theBythams area offered as samples on this site of greater things

Old Maps
- images of old maps of theBythams area selected from www.old-maps.co.uk