Faldingworth in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Oswulf
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: William Blunt
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William Blunt
  • Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 6 villagers; 2 smallholders; 2 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ³⁄₄ men's plough (2 ³⁄₈ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 40 acres
  • Woodland: 12 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Kolsveinn of Lincoln
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Kolsveinn of Lincoln
  • Taxable Value: 2 geld
  • Households: 9 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (2 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 26 acres
  • Woodland: 1 acre

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorfridh
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Osbern the priest
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Osbern the priest
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1086
  • Households: 2 villagers; 1 smallholder; 2 freemen
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 ¹⁄₄ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 12 acres
  • Woodland: 1 acre

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Esbiorn
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Kolsveinn of Lincoln
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Kolsveinn of Lincoln
  • Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 5/2½ in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough ( ¹⁄₂ plough land)
  • Meadow: 8 acres