Wilsford

Other current and historical names

Wivelesforde

Built-Up Area: Wilsford
Parish/Community: Wilsford
District/Borough: North Kesteven
County: Lincolnshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°58'27"N 0°30'20"W
Eastings/Northings: 500449, 342915
OS Grid: TF004429
Mapcode Local: GBR FQV.JZF
Mapcode Global: WHGKC.6HHR

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

Wilsford in historic gazetteers

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

Wilsford, par., Lincolnshire, 4½ miles SW. of Sleaford, 2860 ac., pop. 689; contains part of Ancaster, and has quarries of fine freestone known as Ancaster stone.

Wilsford in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Siward brother of Azur; Azur brother of Siward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Godfrey of Cambrai
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godfrey of Cambrai
- Taxable Value: 9 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £4 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 2 smallholders; 12 freemen
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
- Meadow: 45 acres
- Woodland: 20 acres
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godwin of Barrowby
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Malet
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Households: 2 smallholders; 9 freemen
- Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 15 acres

British Place Names

Wilsford, Lincolnshire

Wilsford is a village in Lincolnshire

Wilsford in historic gazetteers

Wilsford in the Domesday Book