Westborough

Other current and historical names

Westburg

Built-Up Area: Westborough
Parish/Community: Westborough and Dry Doddington
District/Borough: South Kesteven
County: Lincolnshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°59'39"N 0°43'59"W
Eastings/Northings: 485123, 344850
OS Grid: SK851448
Mapcode Local: GBR CMQ.7FN
Mapcode Global: WHFHX.QZ1Y

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

Westborough in historic gazetteers

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

Westborough, par. and vil., Lincolnshire, on river Witham, 7 miles NW. of Grantham, 890 ac., pop. 181.

Westborough in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Toki son of Auti
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey Alselin
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: 2 men (subinfeudated); Ralph nephew of Geoffrey Alselin (subinfeudated); Geoffrey Alselin
- Taxable Value: 12 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £15 in 1066; £25 in 1086
- Households: 12 villagers; 12 smallholders; 5 freemen; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 5 ¹⁄₄ lord's ploughs; 2 ¹⁄₈ men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
- Meadow: 200 acres
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 2, value £1 10/-

British Place Names

Westborough, Lincolnshire

Westborough is a village in Lincolnshire

Westborough in historic gazetteers

Westborough in the Domesday Book