Leasingham

Other current and historical names

Lessingham
Leusingham

Built-Up Area: Leasingham
Parish/Community: Leasingham
District/Borough: North Kesteven
County: Lincolnshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°1'35"N 0°25'43"W
Eastings/Northings: 505478, 348844
OS Grid: TF054488
Mapcode Local: GBR FQD.6FJ
Mapcode Global: WHGK6.D614

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

Leasingham in historic gazetteers

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

Leasingham, par., township, and vil., Lincolnshire, 2 miles NW. of Sleaford - par., 2959 ac., pop. 505; township, pop. 3G6; P.O.

Leasingham in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Barni
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Lincoln
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Adam of Leasingham (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 6 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £5 in 1086
- Households: 16 villagers; 4 smallholders; 1 freeman
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 30 acres
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Toki son of Auti
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey Alselin
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Geoffrey Alselin
- Taxable Value: 6 geld
- Meadow: 30 acres

British Place Names

Leasingham, Lincolnshire

Leasingham is a village in Lincolnshire

Leasingham in historic gazetteers

Leasingham in the Domesday Book