Legsby

Other current and historical names

Lagebi

Parish/Community: Legsby
District/Borough: West Lindsey
County: Lincolnshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°21'29"N 0°17'40"W
Eastings/Northings: 513601, 385951
OS Grid: TF136859
Mapcode Local: GBR VYDL.0W
Mapcode Global: WHHJN.FVZD

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

Legsby in historic gazetteers

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

Legsby, par., Lincolnshire, 3½ miles SE. of Market Rasen, 2886 ac., pop. 336.

Legsby in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alsi son of Godram
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Percy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Everard of Leathley (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 1 smallholder
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 12 acres
- Woodland: 12 acres
- Mills: 1, value 4¾d

British Place Names

Legsby, Lincolnshire

Legsby is a village in Lincolnshire

Legsby in historic gazetteers

Legsby in the Domesday Book