Alveston

Other current and historical names

Alvestone

Built-Up Area: Stratford-upon-Avon
Parish/Community: Stratford-upon-Avon
District/Borough: Stratford-on-Avon
County: Warwickshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°12'23"N 1°39'29"W
Eastings/Northings: 423456, 256515
OS Grid: SP234565
Mapcode Local: GBR 5N0.MKW
Mapcode Global: VHBXV.6SQY

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

Alveston in historic gazetteers

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

Alveston, par., vil., and seat, Warwickshire, on river Avon, near Stratford-on-Avon ry. sta., 400 ac., pop. 963; P.O.

Alveston in the Domesday Book

A village in Pathlow hundred, in the county of Warwickshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Bishop of Worcester St Mary
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Alwy; Brictwin; Brictnoth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Worcester
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Worcester
- Taxable Value: 15 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £8 in 1070; £15 in 1086
- Households: 28 villagers; 15 smallholders; 1 female slave
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 22 men's ploughs (24 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 furlongs
- Mills: 3, value £2
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Worcester
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Worcester

British Place Names

Alveston, Warwickshire

Alveston is a village in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire

Alveston in historic gazetteers

Alveston in the Domesday Book