Gamlingay

Other current and historical names

Camlinghay
Gamelingei
Gamelinge

Built-Up Area: Gamlingay
Parish/Community: Gamlingay
District/Borough: South Cambridgeshire
County: Cambridgeshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°9'20"N 0°11'34"W
Eastings/Northings: 523722, 252348
OS Grid: TL237523
Mapcode Local: GBR J4T.S1K
Mapcode Global: VHGMV.L2VV

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

Gamlingay in historic gazetteers

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

Gamlingay, par. and vil. with ry. sta., in co. and 13½ miles SW. of Cambridge, 4143 ac., pop. 1925; P.O., T.O.

Gamlingay in the Domesday Book

A village in Longstowe hundred, in the county of Cambridgeshire.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Wulfmer of Eaton Socon
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, nine; Wulfmer of Eaton Socon
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eudo the steward
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Eudo the steward
- Taxable Value: 18 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £10 in 1070; £18 in 1086
- Households: 30 villagers; 12 smallholders; 12 cottagers; 4 slaves; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 15 men's ploughs (18 plough lands)
- Meadow: 12 ploughs
- Woodland: 10 pigs
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ingvar of Burstead
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ranulf brother of Ilger
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ranulf brother of Ilger
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
3rd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Earl Algar
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert son of Fafiton
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: 2 men (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Households: 3 cottagers
- Meadow: 1 plough

British Place Names

Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire

Gamlingay is a village in Cambridgeshire

Gamlingay in historic gazetteers

Gamlingay in the Domesday Book