Uffington

Other current and historical names

Offinton
Offintone
Offintune

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°39'29"N 0°25'56"W
Eastings/Northings: 506126, 307875
OS Grid: TF061078
Mapcode Local: GBR FVT.CH1
Mapcode Global: WHGLY.BG90

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

Uffington in historic gazetteers

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

Uffington, par. and vil. (ry. sta. Uffington and Barnack), Lincolnshire, on S. border of co. and on river Welland, 2½ miles E. of Stamford, 3996 ac., pop. 462; P.O.; a canonry was founded here in time of Henry III.; Uffington House is the seat of the Earl of Lindsey.

Uffington in the Domesday Book

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

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Arnbiorn of 'Avethorpe'
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Alfred of Lincoln
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alfred of Lincoln
- Taxable Value: 7 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1066; £11 in 1086
- Households: 31 villagers; 16 freemen; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 7 men's ploughs (7 plough lands)
- Meadow: 100 acres
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 3.5, value £2
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Arnbiorn of 'Avethorpe'
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Tosny
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Tosny
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 10 acres
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leodwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Alfred of Lincoln
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alfred of Lincoln
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 4 freemen; 9 burgesses
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (1 plough land)
- Meadow: 20 acres
4th Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Peterborough St Peter
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Countess Judith
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
5th Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alnoth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Peterborough
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Geoffrey (subinfeudated)
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Meadow: 48 acres

British Place Names

Uffington, Lincolnshire

Uffington is a village in Uffington , Lincolnshire

Uffington in historic gazetteers

Uffington in the Domesday Book

Photos of Uffington