Swinhope

Other current and historical names

Swinyhope
Suinhope

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 53°26'53"N 0°9'58"W
Eastings/Northings: 521877, 396156
OS Grid: TF218961
Mapcode Local: GBR WX8K.SP
Mapcode Global: WHHJB.FL1G

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

Swinhope in historic gazetteers

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

Swinhope, par., Lincolnshire, 7 miles SE. of Caistor, 1307 ac., pop. 140; contains Swinhope Hall, seat.

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

Swinyhope, seat, near Ludborough sta., Lincolnshire.

Swinhope in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Einarr; Einarr's stepmother
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Odo the bowman
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Odo the bowman
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £4 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 2 smallholders; 10 freemen
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (6 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Meadow: 12 acres
- Mills: 1, value 5 shillings
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Ralph the constable
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
- Taxable Value: 1 ⁷⁄₈ geld
- Households: 16 freemen
- Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Fulcric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Norman of Arcy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Odo (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Households: 1 villager
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₈ men's plough

British Place Names

Swinhope, Lincolnshire

Swinhope is a hamlet in Lincolnshire

Swinhope in historic gazetteers

Swinhope in the Domesday Book