Kelham

Other current and historical names

Kellham
Calun

Parish/Community: Kelham
District/Borough: Newark and Sherwood
County: Nottinghamshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°5'37"N 0°50'42"W
Eastings/Northings: 477427, 355798
OS Grid: SK774557
Mapcode Local: GBR BK2.33J
Mapcode Global: WHFHG.ZHNL

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

Kelham in the Domesday Book

A village in Lythe hundred, in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Thorkil of Hickling; Godric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Bully
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Turold (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £1 7/12 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 3 smallholders; 7 freemen
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 22 acres
- Woodland: 16 mixed measures
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thori son of Roald
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter of Aincourt
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter of Aincourt
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
- Households: 3 smallholders; 18 freemen
- Plough Teams: 7 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (2 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Meadow: 16 acres
- Woodland: 9 mixed measures
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Osmund Benz
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Buron
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; 16 shillings in 1086
- Households: 3 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₄ men's plough
- Meadow: 9 acres
- Woodland: 8 mixed measures
4th Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert Tison
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert Tison
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 16 shillings in 1066; 3 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder; 1 freeman
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough ( ³⁄₄ plough land)
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 8 mixed measures
5th Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulfkil brother of Algar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Healfdene of Cromwell
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Healfdene of Cromwell
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough ( ³⁄₄ plough land)
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 8 mixed measures

British Place Names

Kelham, Nottinghamshire

Kelham is a village in Nottinghamshire

Kelham in historic gazetteers

Kelham in the Domesday Book