Bamford

Other current and historical names

Banford

Built-Up Area: Bamford
Parish/Community: Bamford
District/Borough: High Peak
County: Derbyshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°20'49"N 1°41'24"W
Eastings/Northings: 420727, 383390
OS Grid: SK207833
Mapcode Local: GBR JYMQ.WX
Mapcode Global: WHCCN.04GG

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

Bamford in historic gazetteers

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

Bamford.-- township and eccl. dist., Hathersage par., N. Derbyshire, 4½ miles NE. of Castleton, 1770 ac., pop. 453; P.O., T.O.

Bamford in the Domesday Book

A village in Blackwell hundred, in the county of Derbyshire.

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Leofnoth brother of Leofric; Leofric brother of Leofnoth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph son of Hubert
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph son of Hubert
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 5 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Woodland: 2 leagues

British Place Names

Bamford, Derbyshire

Bamford is a village in Derbyshire

Bamford in historic gazetteers

Bamford in the Domesday Book