Blankney

Other current and historical names

Blankenay
Blachene

Parish/Community: Blankney
District/Borough: North Kesteven
County: Lincolnshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°7'41"N 0°24'20"W
Eastings/Northings: 506766, 360206
OS Grid: TF067602
Mapcode Local: GBR GQD.S8B
Mapcode Global: WHGJM.QMYM

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

Blankney in historic gazetteers

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

Blankney, par. with ry. sta., mid. Lincolnshire, 9 miles N. of Sleaford, 6000 ac., pop. 658; P.O.; contains Blankney House.

Blankney in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Hemming of Branston
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter of Aincourt
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Walter of Aincourt; Men-at-arms (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 24 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £7 10/- in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 6 smallholders; 22 freemen; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 10 men's ploughs (13 plough lands)
- Meadow: 60 acres
- Woodland: 7 furlongs
- Churches: 1

British Place Names

Blankney, Lincolnshire

Blankney is a village in Lincolnshire

Blankney in historic gazetteers

Blankney in the Domesday Book