Lamport

Other current and historical names

Langeport

Parish/Community: Lamport
District/Borough: Daventry
County: Northamptonshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°21'55"N 0°53'2"W
Eastings/Northings: 476080, 274722
OS Grid: SP760747
Mapcode Local: GBR BTQ.R9C
Mapcode Global: VHDRD.MTG4

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

Lamport in historic gazetteers

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

Lamport.-- par., township, and vil. with ry. sta., in co. and 10 miles N. of Northampton--par., 1440 ac., pop. 289; township, pop. 165; P.O.; in vicinity of vil. is the seat of Lamport Hall.

Lamport in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofnoth son of Osmund
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter of Flanders
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Fulcher Malsor (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1086
- Households: 12 villagers; 7 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Woodland: 1 furlong
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 3/2½ in 1066; 3/2½ in 1086
- Households: 3 freemen
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (1 plough land)
3rd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Countess Judith
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 1/2½ in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder

British Place Names

Lamport, Northamptonshire

Lamport is a village in Northamptonshire

Lamport in historic gazetteers

Lamport in the Domesday Book