Baston

Other current and historical names

Bastune
Bacstune
Thetford

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°42'45"N 0°21'7"W
Eastings/Northings: 511428, 314039
OS Grid: TF114140
Mapcode Local: GBR GWH.V4Q
Mapcode Global: WHGLS.K2LS

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

Baston in historic gazetteers

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

Baston, par., S. Lincolnshire, 3 miles NE. of Market Deeping, 3520 ac., pop. 774; P.O.

Baston in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Crowland St Guthlac
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Crowland
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Crowland
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 2 smallholders; 7 freemen
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 45 acres
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 0.5
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulf Fenman
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert of Ghent
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ivo of Driby (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 3 smallholders; 8 freemen
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 40 acres

British Place Names

Baston, Lincolnshire

Baston is a village in Lincolnshire

Baston in historic gazetteers

Baston in the Domesday Book