Barcheston

Other current and historical names

Berricestone
Berricestune
Willington

Parish/Community: Barcheston
District/Borough: Stratford-on-Avon
County: Warwickshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°3'27"N 1°36'51"W
Eastings/Northings: 426551, 239988
OS Grid: SP265399
Mapcode Local: GBR 5PT.SVV
Mapcode Global: VHBYM.ZJ0X

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

Barcheston in historic gazetteers

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

Barcheston, par. and vil., S. Warwickshire, 1 mile SE. of Shipston-on-Stour, 1475 ac., pop. 182.

Barcheston in the Domesday Book

A village in Barcheston hundred, in the county of Warwickshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Viking of Barcheston
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William son of Corbucion
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Johais of Barcheston (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 10/- in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 7 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (3 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Meadow: 12 acres
- Mills: 1, value 8/2½
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Viking of Barcheston
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Aelfric uncle of Thorkil
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Aelfric uncle of Thorkil
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 10 acres

British Place Names

Barcheston, Warwickshire

Barcheston is a hamlet in Warwickshire

Barcheston in historic gazetteers

Barcheston in the Domesday Book