Newton in the Domesday Book

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

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Lords of the Manor in 1066: Thorkil the Dane; Godwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Kolsveinn of Lincoln
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 10/- in 1066; £3 10/- in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 4 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough (2 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 18 acres
  • Woodland: 72 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfric Wilde
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Durham
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Durham; Wulfgeat's wife (subinfeudated); Wulfgeat (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 5/- in 1086
  • Households: 6 villagers
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 12 acres
  • Woodland: 70 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alsi son of Godram
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Odo the bowman
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Odo the bowman
  • Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £4 in 1086
  • Households: 5 villagers; 4 smallholders; 1 freeman
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (1 ¹⁄₄ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 12 acres
  • Woodland: 70 acres
  • Churches: 1

• 4th Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfric Wilde
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Wulfgeat
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Wulfgeat
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 5/- in 1086
  • Households: 3 villagers
  • Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough ( ³⁄₈ plough land)
  • Meadow: 6 acres
  • Woodland: 35 acres