Doomsday Book   Finished 1086

Horsington was a settlement in Domesday Book, in the hundred of Gartree and the county of Lincolnshire.
It had a recorded population of 32.5 households in 1086, putting it in the largest 40% of settlements recorded in Domesday, and is listed under 3 owners in Domesday Book.

Page: Lincolnshire folio 28

Land of Earl Hugh (of Chester)
Households: 10 freemen. 3 smallholders.
Land and resources
Ploughland: 1.3 ploughlands. 2 men's plough teams.
Other resources: Meadow 62 acres. Woodland 20 acres.
Owners
Tenant-in-chief in 1086: Earl Hugh (of Chester).
Lord in 1086: Baldric (of Lindsey).
Lord in 1066: Lambakarl.

Page: Lincolnshire folio 31
Land of Ivo Tallboys
Households
Households: 4 villagers. 4 freemen.
Land and resources
Ploughland: 1 ploughland. 1 men's plough teams.
Other resources: Meadow 50 acres. Woodland 25 acres.
Owners
Tenant-in-chief in 1086: Ivo Tallboys.
Lord in 1086: Ivo Tallboys.
Lord in 1066: Stori (of Bolingbroke).

Page: Lincolnshire folio 42
Land of Hugh son of Baldric
Households: 16 freemen. 2 smallholders.
Land and resources
Ploughland: 3 ploughlands. 3 men's plough teams.
Other resources: Meadow 153 acres. Woodland 15 acres.
Owners
Tenant-in-chief in 1086: Hugh son of Baldric.
Lord in 1086: Hugh son of Baldric.
Lord in 1066: Edric.
 

Source: Anna Powell-Smith. https://opendomesday.org   Domesday data created by Professor J.J.N. Palmer and team.

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