Fishtoft

Other current and historical names

Toft

Built-Up Area: Fishtoft
Parish/Community: Fishtoft
District/Borough: Boston
County: Lincolnshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°57'40"N 0°1'36"E
Eastings/Northings: 536232, 342354
OS Grid: TF362423
Mapcode Local: GBR KY2.7LD
Mapcode Global: WHHLR.CTZN

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

Fishtoft in historic gazetteers

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

Fishtoft, par., S. Lincolnshire, 2½ miles SE. of Boston, 4473 ac. land and 1845 water, pop. 916; P.O.

Fishtoft in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aethelstan son of Godram
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Guy of Craon
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Guy of Craon
- Taxable Value: 9 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £10 in 1086
- Households: 9 villagers; 1 smallholder; 1 freeman; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (9 plough lands)
- Meadow: 60 acres
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1, value 10 shillings
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Ralph the constable
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Households: 17 freemen
- Plough Teams: 5 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 20 acres

British Place Names

Fishtoft, Lincolnshire

Fishtoft is a village in Lincolnshire

Fishtoft in historic gazetteers

Fishtoft in the Domesday Book