Badbury, Swindon

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Badbury is a hamlet in Swindon

Other current and historical names

Badeberie

Parish/Community: Chiseldon
Unitary Authority: Swindon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 51°31'25"N 1°43'10"W
Eastings/Northings: 419554, 180566
OS Grid: SU195805
Mapcode Local: GBR 4VX.J2C
Mapcode Global: VHC13.4YST

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

Badbury in historic gazetteers

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

Badbury, hamlet, Chisledon par., N. Wilts, 3½ miles SE. of Swindon.

Badbury in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Glastonbury St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Glastonbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Glastonbury
- Taxable Value: 20 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1070; £10 in 1086
- Households: 11 villagers; 10 smallholders; 4 slaves; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (10 plough lands)
- Meadow: 100 acres
- Pasture: 1 mixed measure
- Mills: 1, value 3/2½

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British Place Names

Badbury, Swindon

Badbury is a hamlet in Swindon

Badbury in historic gazetteers

Badbury in the Domesday Book