# Aveland

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**Aveland** was a [Wapentake](/source/Wapentake) of [Kesteven](/source/Kesteven) from the time of the [Danelaw](/source/Danelaw) until the [Local Government Act 1888](/source/Local_Government_Act_1888). Its meeting place was The Aveland at in the parish of [Aslackby](/source/Aslackby).[1]

## Origins

Aveland was probably established as an administrative unit soon after 921 when [Edward the Elder](/source/Edward_the_Elder) ably assisted until 918, by [Æthelflæd](/source/Ethelfleda) had restored English rule in the part of the Danelaw represented by Kesteven.

The wapentake included the ancient parishes of Aslackby, [Billingborough](/source/Billingborough), [Birthorpe](/source/Birthorpe), [Bourne](/source/Bourne,_Lincolnshire), [Dembleby](/source/Dembleby), [Dowsby](/source/Dowsby), [Dunsby](/source/Dunsby), [Folkingham](/source/Folkingham), [Haconby](/source/Haconby), [Haceby](/source/Haceby), [Horbling](/source/Horbling), [Kirkby Underwood](/source/Kirkby_Underwood), [Laughton](/source/Laughton,_South_Kesteven), [Morton](/source/Morton_and_Hanthorpe), [Newton](/source/Newton,_Lincolnshire), [Osbournby](/source/Osbournby), [Pickworth](/source/Pickworth,_Lincolnshire), [Pointon](/source/Pointon), [Rippingale](/source/Rippingale), [Sempringham](/source/Sempringham), [Spanby](/source/Spanby), [Swaton](/source/Swaton), [Threekingham](/source/Threekingham) and [Walcot](/source/Walcot,_Lincolnshire);[2] some of which have since been amalgamated.

There is documentary evidence from the [Domesday](/source/Domesday) survey onwards for a settlement called Avethorpe in the parish of Aslackby but no actual location is known.[3]

## Decline

Between 921 and 1888, the administrative significance of the wapentake was reduced by many small steps. The first was as a result of the invasion of England by [Swein](/source/Sweyn_I_of_Denmark) in 1013. The Kesteven people supported it so that, when order was restored, the [shire](/source/County#United_Kingdom) of Lincoln was set up and given powers over the wapentakes. Subsequently, piecemeal, privileges were given to lords of the manors in Aveland so that it became progressively less significant. By 1250, there was little power left.[citation needed]

## Modern usage

- The name Aveland is retained as that of an electoral ward in [South Kesteven](/source/South_Kesteven) [administrative district](/source/Districts_of_England#Types)[4]
- It was also the name of a school in [Billingborough](/source/Billingborough) from 1963 to 2012[5]
- The Aveland History Group is a local community history group that covers the area of the ancient Wapentake [https://www.theavelandhistorygroup.com/](https://www.theavelandhistorygroup.com/)[6]
- In the [Diocese of Lincoln](/source/Diocese_of_Lincoln), there is an Aveland and Ness with Stamford [Deanery](/source/Deanery)[7]
- [Lincoln Hall](/source/University_of_Nottingham_Halls_of_Residence#Lincoln), a residence at the University of Nottingham, has a house named Aveland.

## References

1. Retrieved 31 October 2009.

1. ["Aveland Wapentake through time"](https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10044169#tab02), *[Vision of Britain](/source/Vision_of_Britain)*. Retrieved 13 June 2020.

1. Retrieved 31 October 2009.

1. ["Aveland details from the district council"](https://web.archive.org/web/20051111004414/http://moderngov.skdc.com/mgUserInfo.asp?UID=137). Archived from [the original](http://moderngov.skdc.com/mgUserInfo.asp?UID=137) on 11 November 2005.

1. ["The Aveland High School"](http://www.theaveland.org/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150816231013/http://www.theaveland.org/) 16 August 2015 at the Wayback Machine, St. George's Academy. Retrieved 15 June 2015

1. ["The Aveland History Group | Exploring and tracing our local story"](https://www.theavelandhistorygroup.com/). Retrieved 2026-02-13.

1. ["Organization of Aveland and Ness with Stamford Deanery"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090801034314/http://www.lincoln.anglican.org/deanery.php?id=13). Archived from [the original](http://www.lincoln.anglican.org/deanery.php?id=13) on 1 August 2009.

- Roffe, D. *Medieval Administration* in Bennett, S. & Bennett, N. ed. *An Historical Atlas of Lincolnshire* (1993) ISBN 0-85958-604-9
- [Notes on Wapentake of Aveland from 'Introduction: Lost vills and other forgotten places', Final Concords of the County of Lincoln: 1244-1272 (1920), pp. L-LXV.](http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53616#s3)

## External links

- [Historical sources in the deanery](http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Deans/aveland.html) (Genealogy of UK & Ireland site).
- [1817 Land Tax assessments in the Wapentake of Aveland.](http://boar.org.uk/ariwxo3AvTax.htm)

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