Barkston in the Domesday Book

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

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Queen Edith
  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Queen Edith; Thorfridh son of Wulffrith
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
  • Taxable Value: 8 geld
  • Households: 10 smallholders; 35 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 6 men's ploughs
  • Meadow: 70 acres
  • Mills: 2

• 2nd Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ivo Tallboys
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ivo Tallboys
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Households: 1 villager; 3 smallholders; 1 freeman
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (1 ¹⁄₄ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 13 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorfridh
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Osbern the priest
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Ralph the steward (subinfeudated); Osbern the priest
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Meadow: 7 ¹⁄₂ acres

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Roald father of Thori
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Kolgrim of Grantham
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Kolgrim of Grantham
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Households: 2 villagers; 2 freemen
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: 35 acres

• 5th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Roald father of Thori
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Kolgrim of Grantham
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Kolgrim of Grantham
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough ( ³⁄₄ plough land)
  • Mills: 2