Balderton

Other current and historical names

Baldretone
Baldretune

Built-Up Area: Newark-on-Trent
Parish/Community: Balderton
District/Borough: Newark and Sherwood
County: Nottinghamshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°3'19"N 0°46'33"W
Eastings/Northings: 482142, 351619
OS Grid: SK821516
Mapcode Local: GBR CLW.GN1
Mapcode Global: WHFHQ.1GTF

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Balderton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Balderton in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Balderton, par., S. Notts, 2 miles SE. of Newark, 4050 ac., pop. 1075; P.O.

Balderton in the Domesday Book

A village in Newark hundred, in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Countess Godiva
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Lincoln
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Lincoln
- Taxable Value: 7 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £50 in 1066; £34 in 1086
- Households: 42 villagers; 4 smallholders; 8 priests; 56 burgesses; 7 freemen
- Plough Teams: 7 lord's ploughs; 31 men's ploughs (26 plough lands)
- Churches: 10
- Mills: 1, value 5/2½
- Other resources: 1 fishery
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Countess Godiva
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Lincoln
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Lincoln
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
- Households: 3 smallholders; 26 freemen
- Plough Teams: 9 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)

British Place Names

Balderton, Nottinghamshire

Balderton is a village in Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire

Balderton in historic gazetteers

Balderton in the Domesday Book