Lyminster

Other current and historical names

Leominster
Lolinminstre

Parish/Community: Lyminster and Crossbush
District/Borough: Arun
County: West Sussex
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°50'0"N 0°32'47"W
Eastings/Northings: 502444, 104767
OS Grid: TQ024047
Mapcode Local: GBR GKR.LM4
Mapcode Global: FRA 96RW.T00

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

Lyminster in historic gazetteers

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

Leominster (or Lyminster), par., township, and vil., Sussex, 2 miles SE. of Arundel - par., 3659 ac., pop. 1715; township, 2730 ac., pop. 1587; P.O., called Lyminster.

Lyminster in the Domesday Book

A village in Risberg hundred, in the county of Sussex.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Roger of Shrewsbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Earl Roger of Shrewsbury
- Taxable Value: 20 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £50 in 1066; £50 in 1070; £50 in 1086
- Households: 68 villagers; 43 cottagers
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 40 men's ploughs (44 plough lands)
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Woodland: 30 swine render
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1, value 5 shillings
- Other resources: 2 salthouses
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Azur of Slindon
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Roger of Shrewsbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert son of Theobald (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Pasture: 60 acres

British Place Names

Lyminster, West Sussex

Lyminster is a village in West Sussex

Lyminster in historic gazetteers

Lyminster in the Domesday Book