Westby in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Kolsveinn of Lincoln
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Kolsveinn of Lincoln
  • Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
  • Households: 6 villagers; 1 freeman
  • Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs (1 ¹⁄₄ plough lands)
  • Meadow: 12 acres
  • Woodland: 50 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Toki son of Auti
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Kolgrim of Grantham
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Kolgrim of Grantham
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager
  • Plough Teams: ⁵⁄₈ lord's plough (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: 12 acres
  • Woodland: 30 acres

• 3rd Manor

  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Karli
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Kolgrim of Grantham (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 12 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 1 villager; 1 smallholder
  • Plough Teams: 1 men's plough ( ³⁄₄ plough land)
  • Meadow: 7 ¹⁄₂ acres
  • Woodland: 29 acres