Lindsell

Other current and historical names

Linesela

Parish/Community: Lindsell
District/Borough: Uttlesford
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°55'14"N 0°23'10"E
Eastings/Northings: 564206, 227381
OS Grid: TL642273
Mapcode Local: GBR NFS.GJ7
Mapcode Global: VHJJ1.NZ3G

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

Lindsell in historic gazetteers

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

Lindsell, par. and vil., Essex, in NW. of co., 5 miles NE. of Dunmow, 1986 ac., pop. 274. Lindsey, par. and vil., Suffolk, 4 miles NW. of Had-Leigh, 1246 ac., pop. 224.

Lindsell in the Domesday Book

A village in Dunmow hundred, in the county of Essex.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Heoruwulf
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Saint-Valery
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Saint-Valery
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £5 in 1070; £6 in 1086
- Households: 9 villagers; 15 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 50 pigs
- Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 40 pigs; 5 beehives
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfmer of Eaton Socon
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eudo the steward
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Eudo the steward
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £6 in 1070; £6 in 1086
- Households: 9 villagers; 9 smallholders; 1 slave; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 30 pigs
- Mills: 1
- Animals in 1066: 5 cattle; 60 pigs; 1 cob
- Animals in 1086: 1 cob

British Place Names

Lindsell, Essex

Lindsell is a village in Essex

Lindsell in historic gazetteers

Lindsell in the Domesday Book