Alderton

Other current and historical names

Aldritone

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°6'50"N 0°55'12"W
Eastings/Northings: 474047, 246731
OS Grid: SP740467
Mapcode Local: GBR BXS.G5Q
Mapcode Global: VHDSR.04F7

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

Alderton in historic gazetteers

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

Alderton, par., in S. of co. and 7½ miles S. of Northampton, 910 ac., pop. 117.

Alderton in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Edwin; Edmer Ator
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 10/- in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 3 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 12 acres
- Woodland: 3 furlongs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thane, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: 1 thane (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (2 plough lands)

British Place Names

Alderton, Northamptonshire

Alderton is a village in Northamptonshire

Alderton in historic gazetteers

Alderton in the Domesday Book