Sempringham

Other current and historical names

Semperingham
Sepringham
Sempinghm
Sepingeham
Spingeham
Stepingeham

Parish/Community: Billingborough
District/Borough: South Kesteven
County: Lincolnshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°53'14"N 0°20'39"W
Eastings/Northings: 511500, 333500
OS Grid: TF115335
Mapcode Local: GBR GTC.XDQ
Mapcode Global: WHGKT.PP89

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

Sempringham in historic gazetteers

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

Semperingham, par. and township, Lincolnshire, 3 miles SE. of Falkingham - par., 3480 ac., pop. 580; township, pop. 85.

Sempringham in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Morcar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Alfred of Lincoln
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Jocelyn son of Lambert (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 2 smallholders; 14 freemen
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (4 ¹⁄₄ plough lands)
- Meadow: 11 acres
- Woodland: 7 acres
- Churches: 0.25
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Arnbiorn of 'Avethorpe'
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Tosny
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gunfrid of Chocques (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Households: 4 freemen
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (1 plough land)
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Woodland: 6 acres

British Place Names

Sempringham, Lincolnshire

Sempringham is a hamlet in Lincolnshire

Sempringham in historic gazetteers

Sempringham in the Domesday Book