Belton

Other current and historical names

Church Town
Isle of Axholme

Built-Up Area: Belton
Parish/Community: Belton
Unitary Authority: West Lindsey
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°33'9"N 0°49'0"W
Eastings/Northings: 478488, 406866
OS Grid: SE784068
Mapcode Local: GBR QWQC.Z6
Mapcode Global: WHFF5.FY9W

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

Belton in historic gazetteers

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

Belton, par., N. Lincolnshire, in Isle of Axholme, 1½ mile NE. of Epworth, 8530 ac., pop. 1719; P.O.

Belton in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Queen Edith
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Households: 14 smallholders; 18 freemen
- Plough Teams: 4 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 68 acres
2nd Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Ulf Fenman; Alnoth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey of la Guerche
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Geoffrey of la Guerche
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1066; £4 5/2½ in 1086
- Households: 20 villagers; 6 smallholders; 17 freemen
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 4 ³⁄₄ men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Woodland: 2 leagues
- Other resources: 11 fisheries

British Place Names

Belton, West Lindsey

Belton is a village in Belton , West Lindsey

Belton in historic gazetteers

Belton in the Domesday Book