Thoresway

Other current and historical names

Toreswe

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 53°27'14"N 0°14'35"W
Eastings/Northings: 516754, 396672
OS Grid: TF167966
Mapcode Local: GBR VXRH.4L
Mapcode Global: WHHJ9.7GF0

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

Thoresway in historic gazetteers

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

Thoresway, par., Lincolnshire, 4½ miles SE. of Caistor, 2730 ac., pop. 258.

Thoresway in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Koddi; Rolf son of Skjaldvor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Alfred of Lincoln
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alfred of Lincoln
- Taxable Value: 5 ⁷⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £5 in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 56 freemen
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs (13 plough lands)
- Meadow: 40 acres
- Mills: 2, value 3 shillings
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Grimbald
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ivo Tallboys
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Odo (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 9/2½ in 1086
- Households: 1 villager
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₈ men's plough ( ³⁄₄ plough land)
- Meadow: 15 ¹⁄₂ acres

British Place Names

Thoresway, Lincolnshire

Thoresway is a hamlet in Lincolnshire

Thoresway in historic gazetteers

Thoresway in the Domesday Book