Dyke, Lincolnshire :: The British Place Names Website

Other current and historical names

Parish/Community: Bourne
District/Borough: South Kesteven
County: Lincolnshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°47'20"N 0°21'47"W
Eastings/Northings: 510482, 322534
OS Grid: TF104225
Mapcode Local: GBR GVP.50R
Mapcode Global: WHGLD.D594

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

Dyke in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Morcar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Oger the Breton
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Oger the Breton
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Households: 2 villagers; 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough (1 plough land)
- Meadow: 9 acres
- Woodland: 20 acres
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Heppo the bowman
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Heppo the bowman
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld

British Place Names

Dyke, Lincolnshire

Dyke is a village in Lincolnshire

Dyke in the Domesday Book