Roughton

Other current and historical names

Rocstune

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°9'47"N 0°8'21"W
Eastings/Northings: 524500, 364500
OS Grid: TF245645
Mapcode Local: GBR HRP.MM9
Mapcode Global: WHHKP.TRWH

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

Roughton in historic gazetteers

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

Roughton.-- par., Lincolnshire, on river Bain,4 miles S. of Horncastle, 862 ac., pop. 151.

Roughton in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Queen Edith
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Households: 8 freemen
- Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 15 acres
- Woodland: 40 acres
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aki son of Siward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert the bursar
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert the bursar
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Households: 3.5 freemen
- Plough Teams: 2 ³⁄₈ men's ploughs (1 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Meadow: 15 acres
- Woodland: 40 acres
- Other resources: 1 fishery

British Place Names

Roughton, Lincolnshire

Roughton is a village in Lincolnshire

Roughton in historic gazetteers

Roughton in the Domesday Book