Ingleby is a hamlet in the civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 of Saxilby with Ingleby, about 1 miles (1.6 km) north of the village of Saxilby

Saxilby

Saxilby is a large village in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about north-west of Lincoln, on the A57 road at the junction of the B1241. It is part of the civil parish of Saxilby and Ingleby, along with the nearby village of Ingleby. Population of the civil parish in 2001 was...

, Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...

, England.

Ingleby comprised three areas, North Ingleby, South Ingleby and Low Ingleby. This is why Ingleby is recorded three times in Domesday Book

Domesday Book

Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...

 of 1086, when its total population comprised 38 households, which for the time was considered very large.

In North Ingleby, there are earthworks

Earthworks (archaeology)

In archaeology, earthwork is a general term to describe artificial changes in land level. Earthworks are often known colloquially as 'lumps and bumps'. Earthworks can themselves be archaeological features or they can show features beneath the surface...

 of a scheduled manor complex centred on a moated enclosure now occupied by Ingleby Hall Farm.
Documents in 1569-70 record a Deer Park in the area. It is also believed there was a church or chapel here, Saxilby church has a list of incumbents for Ingleby church, dating from Domesday to 1416.

At South Ingleby there are earthworks for another manor, an island refuge contained within a moat

Moat

A moat is a deep, broad ditch, either dry or filled with water, that surrounds a castle, other building or town, historically to provide it with a preliminary line of defence. In some places moats evolved into more extensive water defences, including natural or artificial lakes, dams and sluices...

, on the site of Ingleby Grange.