Avon in the Domesday Book

A village in Shirley hundred, in the county of Hampshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, three
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Port
  • Lords of the Manor in 1086: Ralph (subinfeudated); William (subinfeudated); 1 man (subinfeudated); King William (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 8 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £8 in 1070; £10 in 1086
  • Households: 9 villagers; 6 smallholders; 4 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 84 acres
  • Woodland: 90 swine render

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: King Edward
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ketil the steersman
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Roger of Shrewsbury
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Anneville (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 1 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 5/- in 1066; 15 shillings in 1070; 15 shillings in 1086
  • Households: 2 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 plough land)
  • Meadow: 13 acres