Skellingthorpe

Other current and historical names

Scheldingchope
Schellingop

Built-Up Area: Skellingthorpe
Parish/Community: Skellingthorpe
District/Borough: North Kesteven
County: Lincolnshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°14'8"N 0°37'6"W
Eastings/Northings: 492306, 371858
OS Grid: SK923718
Mapcode Local: GBR DL9.0H2
Mapcode Global: WHGHY.GXPR

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

Skellingthorpe in historic gazetteers

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

Skellingthorpe, par. and vil., Lincolnshire - par., 6220 ac., pop. 722; vil., 3½ miles W. of Lincoln; P.O.; in vicinity is Skellingthorpe Hall, seat.

Skellingthorpe in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelric son of Mergeat
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Baldwin of Flanders
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Baldwin of Flanders
- Taxable Value: 12 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1086
- Households: 18 villagers; 4 smallholders; 2 freemen
- Plough Teams: 6 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 1 mixed measure
- Woodland: 1 mixed measure

British Place Names

Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire

Skellingthorpe is a village in Lincolnshire

Skellingthorpe in historic gazetteers

Skellingthorpe in the Domesday Book