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Place: Caistor

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  • Hundred: Yarborough
  • Area: Lindsey North Riding
  • County: Lincolnshire
  • Total population: 26.5 households (quite large).
  • Total tax assessed: 1.5 geld units (quite small).
  • Head of manor: Caistor.
  • Taxable units: Taxable value 3 geld units.
  • Value: Value to lord in 1066 £30. Value to lord in 1086 £50.
  • Households: 40 villagers. 12 freemen. 1 priest.
  • Ploughland: 6 ploughlands (land for). 1 lord's plough teams. 3 men's plough teams.
  • Other resources: Meadow 60 acres. 4 mills, value 0.66. 1 church.
  • Lord in 1066: Earl Morcar.
  • Lord in 1086: King William.
  • Tenant-in-chief in 1086: King William.
  • Places mentioned in this entry: Caistor; Hundon.
  • Phillimore reference: 1,65

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