Hemswell

Other current and historical names

Helmeswelle

Built-Up Area: Hemswell
Parish/Community: Hemswell
District/Borough: West Lindsey
County: Lincolnshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°24'25"N 0°36'11"W
Eastings/Northings: 492955, 390943
OS Grid: SK929909
Mapcode Local: GBR SY71.6C
Mapcode Global: WHGH5.PMZD

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

Hemswell in historic gazetteers

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

Hemswell, par. and vil., N. Lincolnshire, 7 miles E. of Gainsborough, 2890 ac., pop. 373; P.O.

Hemswell in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Edwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Households: 1 villager; 7 smallholders; 17 freemen
- Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 173 acres
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Sperri
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Martin of Woughton
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Martin of Woughton
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 4 smallholders; 1 freeman
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (1 ³⁄₄ plough lands)
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alnoth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Losoard of Rolleston (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (1 plough land)
- Meadow: 27 ¹⁄₂ acres

British Place Names

Hemswell, Lincolnshire

Hemswell is a village in Lincolnshire

Hemswell in historic gazetteers

Hemswell in the Domesday Book