The Gatehouse website record for Waylim

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Upwey; Upway; Waybaioux; Wayboyeux; Waybayouse; Wabyhouse

In the civil parish of Weymouth. In the historic county of Dorset (Modern Authority of Dorset, 1974 county of Dorset).

Licence to crenellate issued to Ellis de Rabayn for his dwelling place of his manor of Waylim, co. Dorset in 1264. Elias de Rabayne was granted licence to hold a market at his manor at Lyme Regis in 1271.
An entry in the Dorset HER reads "Upwey Manor - Possible site licence to crenellate 1264."
The original manor house was at the site occupied by Upwey House. (http://www.weymouth-dorset.co.uk/upwey.html)
One of the earliest lords of Upwey was Ranulph de Baieux. In the time of Henry III. John Baieux left two daughters as his sole heirs. The King granted the marriage of one of them to Elias Rabayne, an eminent man of the period, who under colour of that grant carried the other daughter over the seas, so that he might seize the whole estate. The result did not come up to the expectation of the crafty EIias, for his estates were forfeited to the King as a punishment for his covetousness. (Treves)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SY66318493

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