Louth-Eske Hundred

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Louth-Eske Hundred, shown within Lindsey, Lincolnshire

Louth-Eske is a hundred in the Parts of Lindsey, the northern division of Lincolnshire. It had a population of 24,462 in 2011. It is bounded by Ludborough and Bradley Haverstoe wapentakes to the north; by Walshcroft Wapentake to the north-west; by Wraggoe Wapentake to the west; by Gartree Wapentake to the south-west; by Hill Hundred to the south; and by Calceworth Hundred to the south-east.

It comprises the following ancient parishes:

Wapentakes of Lincolnshire

Holland: Elloe • Kirton • Skirbeck • Kesteven: Aswardhurn • Aveland • Beltisloe • Boothby Graffoe • Flaxwell • Grantham Soke • Langoe • Loveden • Ness • Winnibriggs and Threo • Lindsey: West Riding: Aslacoe • Corringham • Manley • Lawress • Well • North Riding: Bradley Haverstoe • Ludborough • Walshcroft • Yarborough • South Riding: Bolingbroke • Calceworth • Candleshoe • Gartree • Hill • Horncastle • Louth Eske • Wraggoe