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After the Norman conquest, the Manors of Epworth, Belton, Haxey, Owston, Crowle, Althorpe, Luddington, Burnham and Lound, that is the whole of The Isle of Axholme were given to Geoffrey de la Guerche (Wirce), together with the Manors of Blyborough, Gainsborough and Somerby. Leaving no aires certain lands of the Isle were donated to religious houses. In 1626 Charles I contracted Dutch engineer Cornelius Vermuyden, later knighted, to drain the Isle so that today we find the Isle land-locked between the major towns of Doncaster, Scunthorpe and Gainsborough. From these ancestors many descendants and relatives now reside around the world. You will find many of them here on our site

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"Elswitha" of the Gaini, Queen of England, oldest recorded Axholme inhabitant, see our Hall of Fame (and Infamy) here

Axholme means "island by Haxey" from Old Norse holmr "island", recorded as Hakirhomle in 1196. Old English suffix "ey" in "Haxey" indicates an island, see Wikipedia

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