Willoughby

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Willoughby is a village in Willoughby , Lincolnshire

Built-Up Area: Willoughby
Parish/Community: Willoughby with Sloothby
District/Borough: East Lindsey
County: Lincolnshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°13'25"N 0°11'23"E
Eastings/Northings: 546298, 371869
OS Grid: TF462718
Mapcode Local: GBR LWB.SZD
Mapcode Global: WHJLS.W7MH

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

Willoughby in historic gazetteers

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

Willoughby.-- par. and vil. with ry. sta., Lincolnshire - par., 4280 ac., pop. 617; vil., 2 miles SE. of Alford; P.O.; gives the title of Baron to Lord Willoughby D'Eresby, and was the birthplace of Captain John Smith (1579-1631), founder of Virginia.

Willoughby in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Tonni of Lusby
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert of Ghent
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £8 in 1086
- Households: 4 freemen
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 40 acres
- Woodland: 180 acres
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Tonni of Lusby
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert of Ghent
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
- Churches: 1

British Place Names

Willoughby, Lincolnshire

Willoughby is a village in Willoughby , Lincolnshire

Willoughby in historic gazetteers

Willoughby in the Domesday Book