WHEN FIRST RECORDED IN 1086, LEGSBY'S POPULATION WAS AT AN UNUSUALLY LOW LEVEL WITH A MINIMUM OF 7 PERSONS. POPULATION LEVELS IN THE LATER MEDIEVAL PERIOD ARE CONFUSED BY THE RECULAR PRACRTICE OF RETURNING LEGSBY WITH ITS MEMBERS, PRESUMABLY BLEASBY, HOLTHAM AND PERHAPS COLDECOTES. THE GROUP HAD 35 AND 25 TAXPAYERS IN 1327-8 AND 1332-3. THE POLL TAX WAS PAID BY 94 INDIVIDUALS IN 1377, AND THERE WERE AT LEAST 10 HOUSEHOLDS IN THE PARISH IN 1428. THE EARTHWORKS SURVIVE ONLY IN FIELDS IMMEDIATELY NORTH AND SOUTH OF ST THOMAS'S CHURCH, WHILE THE AREA TO THE EAST BETWEEN THE THROUGH ROAD AND THE STREAM AND CLOSES TO THE WEST AND SOUTH WEST OF THE CHURCH PROBABLY FORMED PART OF THE SETTLEMENT AREA, BUT NOW LEVELLED AND FOR THE MOST PART RETURNED TO GRASS, THEY BEAR ONLY FAINT SIGNS OF EARLIER USE. AS A RESULT LITTLE USEFUL CAN BE SAID ABOUT THE EARLY MORPHOLOGY OF THE SETTLEMENT. {1}, HTM 38M