Lingen

Other current and historical names

Lingham

Parish/Community: Lingen
Unitary Authority: Herefordshire, County of
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°17'54"N 2°55'52"W
Eastings/Northings: 336586, 267100
OS Grid: SO365671
Mapcode Local: GBR B9.X70R
Mapcode Global: VH76Y.4HPD

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

Lingen in historic gazetteers

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

Lingen, par. and vil., Herefordshire, in NW. of co., 4 miles NE. of Presteigne, 2283 ac., pop. 293.

Lingen in the Domesday Book

A village in Leintwardine hundred, in the county of Herefordshire.

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Edric the wild; Gunfrid
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Mortimer
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Turstin of Wigmore (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 6 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 4 smallholders; 2 ploughmen
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (7 plough lands)
- Woodland: ¹⁄₂ league

British Place Names

Lingen, Herefordshire, County of

Lingen is a village in Herefordshire, County of

Lingen in historic gazetteers

Lingen in the Domesday Book