Gosberton

Other current and historical names

Gosebertcherche
Gosebertechirche
Gozeberdecherca

Built-Up Area: Gosberton
Parish/Community: Gosberton
District/Borough: South Holland
County: Lincolnshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°52'4"N 0°9'29"W
Eastings/Northings: 524069, 331628
OS Grid: TF240316
Mapcode Local: GBR HWB.8S5
Mapcode Global: WHHM7.J5TT

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

Gosberton in historic gazetteers

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

Gosberton, par. and vil. with ry. sta. (2 miles SE. of vil.), S. Lincolnshire, 4 m. NE. of Spalding, 8820 ac., pop. 2104; P.O., T.O., and P.O. at Gosberton Clough; in vncinity of vil. is the seat of Gosberton House.

Gosberton in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Earl Ralph the constable
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Earl Ralph the constable; Aethelstan son of Godram
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Wulfbert brother of Ulf (subinfeudated); Count Alan
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 4 shillings in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 10 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (3 ¹⁄₄ plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Other resources: 2 salthouses
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Asli
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Lincoln
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Mauger of Gosberton (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £4 in 1086
- Households: 12 villagers; 9 smallholders; 1 freeman
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs (1 ³⁄₄ plough lands)
- Meadow: 12 acres
- Other resources: 1 salthouse

British Place Names

Gosberton, Lincolnshire

Gosberton is a village in Lincolnshire

Gosberton in historic gazetteers

Gosberton in the Domesday Book