Ashdon

Other current and historical names

Ascenduna

Built-Up Area: Ashdon
Parish/Community: Ashdon
District/Borough: Uttlesford
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°3'17"N 0°18'47"E
Eastings/Northings: 558697, 242140
OS Grid: TL586421
Mapcode Local: GBR ND4.20R
Mapcode Global: VHHKZ.CMX2

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

Ashdon in historic gazetteers

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

Ashdon, par., civ. par., vil., and seat, NW. Essex, 3½ miles NE. of Saffron Walden -- par., 5020 ac., pop. 1030; civ. par., 3779 ac., pop. 830; P.O.

Ashdon in the Domesday Book

A village in Freshwell hundred, in the county of Essex.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelgyth widow of Thorsten
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph Baynard
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph Baynard
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £8 3/- in 1086
- Households: 20 villagers; 9 smallholders; 2 freemen
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 100 pigs
- Animals in 1066: 5 cattle; 60 pigs; 2 cobs; 10 beehives
- Animals in 1086: 7 cattle; 60 pigs; 1 cob; 3 beehives

British Place Names

Ashdon, Essex

Ashdon is a village in Essex

Ashdon in historic gazetteers

Ashdon in the Domesday Book