Rowston

Other current and historical names

Roulston
Rouestune

Parish/Community: Rowston
District/Borough: North Kesteven
County: Lincolnshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°5'34"N 0°22'57"W
Eastings/Northings: 508398, 356302
OS Grid: TF083563
Mapcode Local: GBR GR0.02R
Mapcode Global: WHGJV.3J08

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

Rowston in historic gazetteers

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

Rowston (or Roulston), par. and vil., Lincolnshire, 7 miles N. of Sleaford, 1520 ac., pop. 226.

Rowston in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Toki son of Auti
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey Alselin
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: 2 men-at-arms (subinfeudated); Geoffrey Alselin
- Taxable Value: 12 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
- Households: 2 smallholders; 32 freemen
- Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 10 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
- Meadow: 150 acres

British Place Names

Rowston, Lincolnshire

Rowston is a village in Lincolnshire

Rowston in historic gazetteers

Rowston in the Domesday Book