Adstone

Other current and historical names

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Parish/Community: Adstone
District/Borough: South Northamptonshire
County: Northamptonshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°9'32"N 1°7'53"W
Eastings/Northings: 459513, 251537
OS Grid: SP595515
Mapcode Local: GBR 8T8.NR7
Mapcode Global: VHCVS.BZPW

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

Adstone in historic gazetteers

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

Adstone, hamlet, Ashby-Canons par., S. Northamptonshire, 6½ miles NW. of Towcester.

Adstone in the Domesday Book

A village in Foxley hundred, in the county of Northamptonshire.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 7 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £12 in 1066; £20 in 1086
- Households: 19 villagers; 5 smallholders; 15 freemen; 3 slaves; 2 female slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 21 men's ploughs
- Woodland: 4 leagues
- Mills: 2, value 15 shillings
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alfred the butler (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 4 shillings in 1066; 6 shillings in 1086
- Meadow: 3 acres
3rd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Leofwin the priest
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Leofwin the priest
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 6 shillings in 1086

British Place Names

Adstone, Northamptonshire

Adstone is a village in Northamptonshire

Adstone in historic gazetteers

Adstone in the Domesday Book