Haxey

Other current and historical names

Axel

Built-Up Area: Haxey
Parish/Community: Haxey
Unitary Authority: West Lindsey
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°29'20"N 0°50'17"W
Eastings/Northings: 477182, 399775
OS Grid: SK771997
Mapcode Local: GBR QXL3.B0
Mapcode Global: WHFFK.3K3M

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

Haxey in historic gazetteers

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

Haxey, par. and vil. with ry. sta., N. Lincolnshire, in Axholme isle, 7 miles NW. of Gainsborough, 8470 ac., pop. 1982; P.O., T.O.; the ry. sta. is 1½ m. S. of vil.

Haxey in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Siward Barn
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey of la Guerche
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Wazelin of Haxey (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £5 in 1086
- Households: 16 villagers; 8 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 3 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Woodland: 5 furlongs
- Other resources: 9 fisheries

British Place Names

Haxey, West Lindsey

Haxey is a village in West Lindsey

Haxey in historic gazetteers

Haxey in the Domesday Book