Kislingbury

Other current and historical names

Ceselingeberie
Cifelingeberie

Built-Up Area: Kislingbury
Parish/Community: Kislingbury
District/Borough: South Northamptonshire
County: Northamptonshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°13'48"N 0°58'45"W
Eastings/Northings: 469811, 259591
OS Grid: SP698595
Mapcode Local: GBR 9V0.57G
Mapcode Global: VHDS3.Z64R

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

Kislingbury in historic gazetteers

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

Kislingbury, par. and vil., on river Nen, in co. and 3 miles W. of Northampton, 2170 ac., pop. 695; P.O.

Kislingbury in the Domesday Book

A village in Nobottle hundred, in the county of Northamptonshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Tonni of Lusby
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert of Ghent
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Geoffrey of Armentières (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £6 in 1086
- Households: 22 villagers; 7 smallholders; 10 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (10 plough lands)
- Meadow: 14 acres
- Woodland: 10 acres
- Mills: 2, value £2
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Keynes (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 2 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Meadow: 2 acres

British Place Names

Kislingbury, Northamptonshire

Kislingbury is a village in Northamptonshire

Kislingbury in historic gazetteers

Kislingbury in the Domesday Book