Alconbury

Other current and historical names

Alkmundbury
Acumesberie, Almundeberie

Built-Up Area: Alconbury
Parish/Community: Alconbury
District/Borough: Huntingdonshire
County: Cambridgeshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°22'7"N 0°15'36"W
Eastings/Northings: 518556, 275955
OS Grid: TL185759
Mapcode Local: GBR J26.F2M
Mapcode Global: VHGLN.FQVF

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

Alconbury in historic gazetteers

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

Alconbury, par., in co. and 4 miles NW. of Huntingdon, 3700 ac., pop. 689; P.O.

Alconbury in the Domesday Book

A village in Leightonstone hundred, in the county of Huntingdonshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ranulf brother of Ilger (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 10 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £12 in 1066; £12 in 1086
- Households: 35 villagers
- Plough Teams: 5 lord's ploughs; 13 men's ploughs (20 plough lands)
- Meadow: 80 acres

British Place Names

Alconbury, Cambridgeshire

Alconbury is a village in Cambridgeshire

Alconbury in historic gazetteers

Alconbury in the Domesday Book