Claypole

Other current and historical names

Claipol

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°1'53"N 0°43'48"W
Eastings/Northings: 485262, 348989
OS Grid: SK852489
Mapcode Local: GBR CM4.VNB
Mapcode Global: WHFHX.R2JD

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

Claypole in historic gazetteers

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

Claypole, par. and ry. sta., S. Lincolnshire, on river Witham, 4 miles SE. of Newark, 3370 ac., pop. 678; P.O.

Claypole in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Toki son of Auti
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey Alselin
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Aldwin (subinfeudated); Geoffrey Alselin; Ralph nephew of Geoffrey Alselin (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 7 ⁷⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1086
- Households: 6 smallholders; 34 freemen; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 8 men's ploughs (7 ⁷⁄₈ plough lands)
- Meadow: 40 acres
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1, value 10 shillings
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorfridh
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 3 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 15 acres

British Place Names

Claypole, Lincolnshire

Claypole is a village in Lincolnshire

Claypole in historic gazetteers

Claypole in the Domesday Book