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The name of Wrawby is first mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Waragebi and has had many variant spellings including Wraghebi, Wrakebi and Wraby with Wrawby in use from the 15th century. The name is thought to derive from the Old Danish meaning "Wraghi's farmstead or village".
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The village of Wrawby is located two miles to the east of Brigg and is perhaps most famous for its postmill.
The mill, high on the Lincolnshire Wolds, is the last postmill in the north of England. It was built around the year 1760 on the site of an earlier mill and was until 1910 part of the Elwes estate when it was sold. It continued working until 1940 when the loss of a sail brought the mill to a standstill. By 1961 the mill was ready to collapse when it was saved by a locally formed Preservation Society. The restored mill was re-opened in 1965 and ground its first bag of corn in 25 years.
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Lying 1½ miles north east of Brigg in North Lincolnshire, the ancient village of Wrawby is known to have been the site of a settlement from as early as Roman times. It derives its current name, however, from the time of the Danelaw when it was known as Wraghebi, or Wraghi's farm ... More
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