Wickenby

Other current and historical names

Wichingebi
Whighingesbi

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°19'25"N 0°22'10"W
Eastings/Northings: 508696, 381993
OS Grid: TF086819
Mapcode Local: GBR TZV0.S8
Mapcode Global: WHGHP.9Q8B

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

Wickenby in historic gazetteers

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

Wickenby, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Lincolnshire - par., 1997 ac., pop. 269; vil., 5 miles SW. of Market Rasen; P.O.

Wickenby in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorgot Lag
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Percy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Osbern (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 2 freemen
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 15 acres
- Woodland: 1 mixed measure
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Percy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 1 villager
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₈ men's plough ( ⁷⁄₈ plough land)
- Meadow: 10 acres
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aghmund son of Walraven
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Jocelyn son of Lambert
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Rainer (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
- Households: 4 freemen
- Meadow: 6 acres

British Place Names

Wickenby, Lincolnshire

Wickenby is a village in Lincolnshire

Wickenby in historic gazetteers

Wickenby in the Domesday Book