Kimbolton

Other current and historical names

Kinnibantum

Built-Up Area: Kimbolton
Parish/Community: Kimbolton
District/Borough: Huntingdonshire
County: Cambridgeshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°17'50"N 0°23'22"W
Eastings/Northings: 509911, 267807
OS Grid: TL099678
Mapcode Local: GBR H1G.Y0Y
Mapcode Global: VHFPJ.6JB5

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

Kimbolton in historic gazetteers

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

Kimbolton, market town and par. with ry. sta., Huntingdonshire, on river Kym, 12 miles SW. of Huntingdon, 5061 ac., pop. 1220; P.O., T.O. Market-day, Friday. Kimbolton Castle is the seat of the Duke of Manchester.

Kimbolton in the Domesday Book

A village in Leightonstone hundred, in the county of Bedfordshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Harold
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: 2 men-at-arms (subinfeudated); William of Warenne
- Taxable Value: 10 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1066; £17 3/12 in 1086
- Households: 84 villagers; 36 smallholders; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 6 ⁵⁄₈ lord's ploughs; 25 men's ploughs (20 plough lands)
- Meadow: 70 acres
- Woodland: 1 league
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1, value 5 shillings

British Place Names

Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire

Kimbolton is a village in Cambridgeshire

Kimbolton in historic gazetteers

Kimbolton in the Domesday Book