Barholm in the Domesday Book

A village in Ness hundred, in the county of Lincolnshire.

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Peterborough St Peter
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Hereward 'the Wake'
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Peterborough
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Asfrith (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Households: 2 villagers; 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (1 plough land)

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Peterborough St Peter
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Hereward 'the Wake'
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Peterborough
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Robert (subinfeudated); Godfrey (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 2 smallholders; 9 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs (1 plough land)

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Eskil
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Godfrey of Cambrai
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: 2 men (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 12 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 5 freemen
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough; ¹⁄₄ men's plough (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: 1 acre

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulf Fenman
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert of Ghent
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert of Ghent
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 8 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 4 freemen
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₄ men's plough ( ¹⁄₂ plough land)

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Azur
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert of Ghent
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert of Ghent
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld