Essendine

Other current and historical names

Essendon
Edssendon
Esindone

Built-Up Area: Essendine
Parish/Community: Essendine
Unitary Authority: Melton
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°42'6"N 0°27'13"W
Eastings/Northings: 504577, 312698
OS Grid: TF045126
Mapcode Local: GBR FV7.L3C
Mapcode Global: WHGLR.0C50

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

Essendine in historic gazetteers

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

Essendine, par. and ry. sta., on E. border of Rutland, 4 miles NE. of Stamford, 1526 ac., pop. 176.

Essendine in the Domesday Book

A village in Witchley hundred, in the county of Northamptonshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Barthi of Sleaford
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Lincoln
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £5 in 1086
- Households: 16 villagers; 5 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Woodland: 6 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value 16 shillings

British Place Names

Essendine, Melton

Essendine is a village in Melton

Essendine in historic gazetteers

Essendine in the Domesday Book