Ansty

Other current and historical names

Anstey
Anestige
Ansty Coombe

Parish/Community: Ansty
Unitary Authority: Wiltshire
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°2'22"N 2°3'53"W
Eastings/Northings: 395540, 126702
OS Grid: ST955267
Mapcode Local: GBR 2YM.LRY
Mapcode Global: FRA 66KC.P9X

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

Ansty in historic gazetteers

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

Anstey, par., S. Wilts, 5 miles SE. of Hindon, 840 ac., pop. 293.

Ansty in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Wulfward; Aelfric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Waleran the hunter
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 7 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1070; £5 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 4 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 16 acres
- Woodland: 15 acres
- Pasture: ¹⁄₂ mixed measure
- Mills: 1, value 5 shillings
2nd Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Alwin; Brictnoth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Aldred brother of Odo
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Aldred brother of Odo
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 3 smallholders; 1 slave
- Meadow: 5 acres
- Woodland: 5 acres
- Pasture: 2 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value 2 shillings

British Place Names

Ansty, Wiltshire

Ansty is a village in Wiltshire

Ansty in historic gazetteers

Ansty in the Domesday Book