Bassingham

Other current and historical names

Basingeham

Built-Up Area: Bassingham
Parish/Community: Bassingham
District/Borough: North Kesteven
County: Lincolnshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°7'45"N 0°38'20"W
Eastings/Northings: 491161, 359999
OS Grid: SK911599
Mapcode Local: GBR DMF.TGD
Mapcode Global: WHGJJ.4LZS

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

Bassingham in historic gazetteers

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

Bassingham, par., in mid. of co. and 8 miles SW. of Lincoln, 1940 ac., pop. 725; P.O., T.O.

Bassingham in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Morcar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 24 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £25 in 1066; £16 in 1086
- Households: 35 villagers; 8 smallholders; 1 freeman; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs (16 plough lands)
- Meadow: 420 acres
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 2, value £1 12/-

British Place Names

Bassingham, Lincolnshire

Bassingham is a village in Lincolnshire

Bassingham in historic gazetteers

Bassingham in the Domesday Book