Scampton

Other current and historical names

Scanton
Scantone
Scantune

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°18'7"N 0°34'36"W
Eastings/Northings: 494947, 379302
OS Grid: SK949793
Mapcode Local: GBR SZD7.YZ
Mapcode Global: WHGHS.38M9

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

Scampton in historic gazetteers

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

Scampton, par. and vil., Lincolnshire - par., 2147 ½ ac., pop. 230; vil., 6 miles NW. of Lincoln; P.O.

Scampton in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulf Fenman
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert of Ghent
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert of Ghent
- Taxable Value: 6 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £8 in 1086
- Households: 16 villagers; 6 smallholders; 12 freemen; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 7 men's ploughs (10 plough lands)
- Meadow: 166 acres
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1, value 2 shillings

British Place Names

Scampton, Lincolnshire

Scampton is a village in Lincolnshire

Scampton in historic gazetteers

Scampton in the Domesday Book