PRN 65095 Culverthorpe is first mentioned in the Domesday book. Land there belonged to Gilbert de Gand and there was a minimum population of 8 villeins and a priest. A church is also mentioned. {1} The name Culverthorpe derives from the Old Danish 'thorp' meaning a secondary settlement, although it is not known which settlement it was secondary to. The prefix was added in the 13th century and refers to a personal name or surname, although this name is impossible to identify because so many varied forms are used. {2} The Lay Subsidy of 1334 records the settlement's wealth as £2 12s 9d, below average for its wapentake (Aswardhurn). {3} Culverthorpe is not mentioned in the Diocesan Return of 1563, and is included with Heydour and Kelby in the "Speculum Dioeceseos Lincolnsiensis" of the late 17th-early 18th century. {4}{5} In 1801 the population of Culverthope was 49 people, rising to 139 in 1841 before falling again to 72 by 1901. {6} The landowners from medieval times to the 19th century are discussed by Trollope. {7}