Farforth

Other current and historical names

Farforde

Parish/Community: Maidenwell
District/Borough: East Lindsey
County: Lincolnshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 53°17'13"N 0°1'43"W
Eastings/Northings: 531500, 378500
OS Grid: TF315785
Mapcode Local: GBR XZ7F.KC
Mapcode Global: WHHK5.JMHV

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

Farforth in historic gazetteers

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

Farforth, par., mid. Lincolnshire, 6 miles SW. of Louth, 1940 ac., pop. 143.

Farforth in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Lambakarl
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Hugh
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Baldric of Lindsey (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 6 smallholders; 2 freemen
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1, value 3 shillings

British Place Names

Farforth, Lincolnshire

Farforth is a settlement in Lincolnshire

Farforth in historic gazetteers

Farforth in the Domesday Book