Legbourne

Other current and historical names

Lecheburne

Built-Up Area: Legbourne
Parish/Community: Legbourne
District/Borough: East Lindsey
County: Lincolnshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°20'16"N 0°2'56"E
Eastings/Northings: 536532, 384276
OS Grid: TF365842
Mapcode Local: GBR XYSV.F6
Mapcode Global: WHHK0.QCKJ

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

Legbourne in historic gazetteers

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

Legbourne, par., and vil. with ry. sta. (Legbourne Road), Lincolnshire, 2½ miles SE. of Louth, 1910 ac., pop. 476; P.O.

Legbourne in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Harold
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Hugh
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Earl Hugh
- Taxable Value: 10 geld
- Households: 18 villagers; 19 smallholders; 31 freemen
- Plough Teams: 16 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
- Meadow: 40 acres
- Woodland: 80 acres
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ambi
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Poitou
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gerard (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 11 smallholders; 8 freemen
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (1 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Woodland: 142 acres

British Place Names

Legbourne, Lincolnshire

Legbourne is a village in Lincolnshire

Legbourne in historic gazetteers

Legbourne in the Domesday Book