Aldbourne

Other current and historical names

Aldbourn
Aldeborne
Auborne

Built-Up Area: Aldbourne
Parish/Community: Aldbourne
Unitary Authority: East Dorset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°28'44"N 1°37'15"W
Eastings/Northings: 426418, 175611
OS Grid: SU264756
Mapcode Local: GBR 5XY.BYS
Mapcode Global: VHC1J.V3D3

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

Aldbourne in historic gazetteers

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

Aldbourn, par. and vil., N. Wilts, 6 miles NE. of Marlborough, 8495 ac., pop. 1488; P.O.

Aldbourne in the Domesday Book

A village in Selkley hundred, in the county of Wiltshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Countess Gytha of Wessex
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: King William; 1 priest (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 40 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £62 in 1086
- Households: 73 villagers; 25 slaves; 6 burgesses; 14 freedmen; 38 other households
- Plough Teams: 12 lord's ploughs; 26 men's ploughs (47 plough lands)
- Meadow: 1 mixed measure
- Woodland: 2 leagues
- Pasture: 1 league
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 4, value 16/7¼

British Place Names

Aldbourne, East Dorset

Aldbourne is a village in East Dorset

Aldbourne in historic gazetteers

Aldbourne in the Domesday Book