Ambrosden

Other current and historical names

Ambresdone

Built-Up Area: Ambrosden
Parish/Community: Ambrosden
District/Borough: Cherwell
County: Oxfordshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°52'11"N 1°7'24"W
Eastings/Northings: 460451, 219398
OS Grid: SP604193
Mapcode Local: GBR 8XR.QSY
Mapcode Global: VHCXB.G8YC

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

Ambrosden in historic gazetteers

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

Ambrosden, par., civ. par., and vil., W. Oxfordshire, 2½ miles SE. of Bicester -- par., 4337 ac., pop. 717; civ. par., 605 ac., pop. 160: P.O.

Ambrosden in the Domesday Book

A village in Headington hundred, in the county of Oxfordshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfeva
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Ivry
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Ivry
- Taxable Value: 10 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £10 in 1086
- Households: 24 villagers; 11 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 14 men's ploughs (16 plough lands)
- Meadow: 65 acres

British Place Names

Ambrosden, Oxfordshire

Ambrosden is a village in Oxfordshire

Ambrosden in historic gazetteers

Ambrosden in the Domesday Book