Snelland

Other current and historical names

Snelesunt
Esnelent

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°18'37"N 0°23'5"W
Eastings/Northings: 507714, 380497
OS Grid: TF077804
Mapcode Local: GBR TZR4.HZ
Mapcode Global: WHGHW.211X

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

Snelland in historic gazetteers

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

Snelland, par. and vil. with ry. sta., in co. and 9¼ miles NE. of Lincoln, 1261 ac., pop. 133.

Snelland in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aghmund son of Walraven
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Jocelyn son of Lambert
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Rainer (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 3 freemen
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Woodland: 14 acres
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorgot Lag
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Percy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Waldin (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Households: 3 freemen
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (1 plough land)
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 6 acres
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Lambakarl
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Archbishop of York
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Herbert son of Aubrey (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Meadow: 3 acres

British Place Names

Snelland, Lincolnshire

Snelland is a village in Lincolnshire

Snelland in historic gazetteers

Snelland in the Domesday Book