Edlington

Other current and historical names

Ellingetone

Parish/Community: Edlington with Wispington
District/Borough: East Lindsey
County: Lincolnshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 53°13'34"N 0°9'5"W
Eastings/Northings: 523500, 371500
OS Grid: TF235715
Mapcode Local: GBR HQW.QJ8
Mapcode Global: WHHKH.N52K

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

Edlington in historic gazetteers

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

Edlington.-- par., mid. Lincolnshire, 3 miles NW. of Horncastle, 2900 ac., pop. 213; contains the seat of Edlington Grove.

Edlington in the Domesday Book

A village in Horncastle 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: Egbert (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 10 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £11 in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 14 smallholders; 25 freemen
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs (10 plough lands)
- Meadow: 90 acres
- Woodland: 210 acres
- Mills: 1, value 16 shillings
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Gamal
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ivo Tallboys
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £3 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 3 smallholders; 6 freemen
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 30 acres
- Woodland: 30 acres
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1, value 8 shillings

British Place Names

Edlington, Lincolnshire

Edlington is a settlement in Lincolnshire

Edlington in historic gazetteers

Edlington in the Domesday Book