Cranwell

Other current and historical names

Cranewelle

Built-Up Area: Cranwell
Parish/Community: Cranwell, Brauncewell and Byard's Leap
District/Borough: North Kesteven
County: Lincolnshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°2'12"N 0°27'43"W
Eastings/Northings: 503226, 349944
OS Grid: TF032499
Mapcode Local: GBR FQ4.Q05
Mapcode Global: WHGJZ.WX5S

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

Cranwell in historic gazetteers

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

Cranwell, par., S. Lincolnshire, 4 miles NW. of Sleaford, 2522 ac., pop. 206; P.O.

Cranwell in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulf Fenman
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert of Ghent
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Geoffrey of Armentières (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 12 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £7 in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 5 smallholders; 21 freemen
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 8 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
- Meadow: 29 acres
- Pasture: 10 furlongs
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Ulf Fenman
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Azur
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert of Ghent
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Geoffrey of Armentières (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 1 smallholder
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough
- Meadow: 17 ¹⁄₂ acres

British Place Names

Cranwell, Lincolnshire

Cranwell is a village in Lincolnshire

Cranwell in historic gazetteers

Cranwell in the Domesday Book