Limésy

Limésy is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Historical significance
Limésy was the origin of one of the greatest and most powerful families in Norman Britain, the de Limesi family. In the Domesday survey of 1086 they held 40 Lordships, and Ralph de Limesy, nephew of William the Conqueror founded Hertford priory. They also held smaller manors all over the Britain such as the manor of Merryfield (Muriefeld 1233) in West Tisted and other lands in the neighboring parish of Ropley.

Geography
A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux some 16 mi northwest of Rouen, at the junction of the D142, D63 and the D67 roads.

Places of interest

 * The church of St.Martin, dating from the nineteenth century.
 * The thirteenth-century château and park.
 * Ruins of a château at the hamlet of Brunville.
 * The seventeenth-century château of Etennemare.