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Wella

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 53°14'32"N 0°9'55"E
Eastings/Northings: 544599, 373905
OS Grid: TF445739
Mapcode Local: GBR YZLY.LC
Mapcode Global: WHJLL.HRZL

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

Well in historic gazetteers

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

Well, par., Lincolnshire, 1½ mile SW. of Alford, 2110 ac., pop. 124; contains Well Hall, seat.

Well in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Tonni of Lusby
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert of Ghent
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Rademar (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £7 in 1086
- Households: 12 villagers; 4 freemen
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 1 ¹⁄₂ acres
- Woodland: 22 acres
- Mills: 1, value 15 shillings
2nd Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Thorulf; Otbert
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Losoard of Rolleston (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Households: 2 villagers; 1 freeman

British Place Names

Well, Lincolnshire

Well is a hamlet in Lincolnshire

Well in historic gazetteers

Well in the Domesday Book