Cawkwell

Other current and historical names

Calchewelle

Parish/Community: Scamblesby
District/Borough: East Lindsey
County: Lincolnshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 53°17'48"N 0°4'24"W
Eastings/Northings: 528500, 379500
OS Grid: TF285795
Mapcode Local: GBR WZX9.XW
Mapcode Global: WHHK4.VD7D

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

Cawkwell in historic gazetteers

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

Cawkwell, par., mid. Lincolnshire, 7 miles N. of Horncastle, 540 ac., pop. 45.

Cawkwell in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- 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: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Households: 1 villager; 12 freemen
- Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs (1 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Meadow: 60 acres
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ketil
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Norman of Arcy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £3 in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 6 smallholders; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (1 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Meadow: 70 acres
- Churches: 1

British Place Names

Cawkwell, Lincolnshire

Cawkwell is a settlement in Lincolnshire

Cawkwell in historic gazetteers

Cawkwell in the Domesday Book