Croft, Lincolnshire

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Croft is a village in Lincolnshire

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°7'45"N 0°14'52"E
Eastings/Northings: 550500, 361500
OS Grid: TF505615
Mapcode Local: GBR LXK.X2R
Mapcode Global: WHJM6.SL8S

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

Croft in historic gazetteers

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

Croft, coast par., S. Lincolnshire, on river Steeping, 2 miles NE. of Wainfleet, 5473 ac. land and 030 water, pop. 752; P.O.; contains the seats of C. Manor and C. Hall.

Croft in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Othenkar son of Alnoth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert of Ghent
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £4 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 3 smallholders; 9 freemen
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (2 ¹⁄₄ plough lands)
- Meadow: 120 acres
- Other resources: 1 salthouse

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British Place Names

Croft, Lincolnshire

Croft is a village in Lincolnshire

Croft in historic gazetteers

Croft in the Domesday Book