Kelstern

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Kelstern is a hamlet in Lincolnshire

Other current and historical names

Chelestorne
Chelesturne
Cheilestorne

Parish/Community: Calcethorpe with Kelstern
District/Borough: East Lindsey
County: Lincolnshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 53°23'41"N 0°7'3"W
Eastings/Northings: 525272, 390319
OS Grid: TF252903
Mapcode Local: GBR WYM5.BR
Mapcode Global: WHHJK.5X9S

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

Kelstern in historic gazetteers

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

Kelstern, par., Lincolnshire, 5½ miles NW. of Louth, 2700 ac., pop. 235.

Kelstern in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Rolf son of Skjaldvor; Maccus of Cockerington
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Alfred of Lincoln
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alfred of Lincoln
- Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 9 freemen
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (5 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Klak
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Waldin the artificer
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Waldin the artificer
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 5/7¼ in 1086
- Plough Teams: ³⁄₈ lord's plough ( ¹⁄₂ plough land)
- Meadow: 8 acres

British Place Names

Kelstern, Lincolnshire

Kelstern is a hamlet in Lincolnshire

Kelstern in historic gazetteers

Kelstern in the Domesday Book