Belchford

Other current and historical names

Belshford
Beltesford
Badesford

Built-Up Area: Belchford
Parish/Community: Belchford
District/Borough: East Lindsey
County: Lincolnshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°15'37"N 0°3'49"W
Eastings/Northings: 529252, 375446
OS Grid: TF292754
Mapcode Local: GBR WZZQ.ZZ
Mapcode Global: WHHKB.Z9SX

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

Belchford in historic gazetteers

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

Belchford, par., mid. Lincolnshire, 4 miles NE. of Horncastle, 2390 ac., pop. 488; P.O.

Belchford in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Stori of Bolingbroke
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ivo Tallboys
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ivo Tallboys
- Taxable Value: 6 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £15 in 1066; £33 in 1086
- Households: 9 villagers; 15 smallholders; 45 freemen
- Plough Teams: 5 lord's ploughs; 9 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 360 acres
- Woodland: 3 acres
- Mills: 2, value 18/7¼

British Place Names

Belchford, Lincolnshire

Belchford is a village in Lincolnshire

Belchford in historic gazetteers

Belchford in the Domesday Book