Amersham

Other current and historical names

Ammersham
Agmondesham
Agmundesham
Elmodesham
Elmnodesham
Amersham on the Hill

Built-Up Area: Amersham
Parish/Community: Amersham
District/Borough: Chiltern
County: Buckinghamshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Town

Latitude/Longitude: 51°40'36"N 0°36'27"W
Eastings/Northings: 496370, 198483
OS Grid: SU963984
Mapcode Local: GBR F62.WQ6
Mapcode Global: VHFSH.F34V

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

Amersham in the Domesday Book

A village in Burnham hundred, in the county of Buckinghamshire.

Six manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Queen Edith
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
- Taxable Value: 7 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £16 in 1066; £9 in 1070; £9 in 1086
- Households: 14 villagers; 4 smallholders; 7 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 9 men's ploughs (16 plough lands)
- Meadow: 16 ploughs
- Woodland: 400 pigs
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Queen Edith
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Households: 3 smallholders
- Meadow: 1 plough
- Mills: 1, value 4 shillings
3rd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Aldeva
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Siward brother of Saewulf
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Almer of Wootton (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 1 smallholder
- Meadow: 2 ploughs
- Woodland: 20 pigs
4th Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfgeat
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Bolbec
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Wulfgeat (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 3 smallholders
- Woodland: 20 pigs
- Mills: 1, value 5 shillings
5th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorkil
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Turstin Mantle
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Turstin Mantle
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 13/2½ in 1070; 13/2½ in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 1 smallholder
- Meadow: 2 ploughs
- Woodland: 30 pigs
6th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Godric the sheriff
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric, Godric the sheriff's man
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Jocelyn the Breton
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Jocelyn the Breton
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Households: 5 smallholders
- Meadow: 1 plough
- Mills: 1, value 4 shillings

British Place Names

Amersham, Buckinghamshire

Amersham is a town in Buckinghamshire

Amersham in historic gazetteers

Amersham in the Domesday Book