Ailsworth

Other current and historical names

Ailesworth
Eglesworde

Built-Up Area: Castor
Parish/Community: Ailsworth
Unitary Authority: Peterborough
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°34'32"N 0°21'10"W
Eastings/Northings: 511713, 298826
OS Grid: TL117988
Mapcode Local: GBR GY7.FL5
Mapcode Global: WHGMC.KJ45

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

Ailsworth in historic gazetteers

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

Ailsworth, hamlet, Castor par., N. Northamptonsh., 5 miles W. of Peterborough, pop. 333.

Ailsworth in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Peterborough St Peter
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Peterborough
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Peterborough
- Taxable Value: 6 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £3 10/- in 1086
- Households: 17 villagers; 2 smallholders; 8 freemen
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 12 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
- Meadow: 15 acres
- Woodland: 3 furlongs
- Mills: 2, value 12 shillings
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Peterborough St Peter
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Peterborough
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: 3 men-at-arms (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1086
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs

British Place Names

Ailsworth, Peterborough

Ailsworth is a village in Castor, Peterborough

Ailsworth in historic gazetteers

Ailsworth in the Domesday Book