Beedon

Other current and historical names

Budon
Bedene
Purton
Beedon Hill

Parish/Community: Beedon
Unitary Authority: West Berkshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°29'40"N 1°17'49"W
Eastings/Northings: 448898, 177540
OS Grid: SU488775
Mapcode Local: GBR 80V.8WN
Mapcode Global: VHCYZ.GPNJ

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

Beedon in historic gazetteers

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

Beedon, par., W. Berks, 6 miles NE. of Newbury, 2012 ac., pop. 323; contains Beedon Hill P.O.

Beedon in the Domesday Book

A village in Rowbury hundred, in the county of Berkshire.

- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Abingdon St Mary
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Northmann of Mereworth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Abingdon
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: 1 man-at-arms (subinfeudated); Walter of Rivers (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 15 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £11 in 1066; £6 in 1070; £8 in 1086
- Households: 11 villagers; 13 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs (11 plough lands)

British Place Names

Beedon, West Berkshire

Beedon is a village in West Berkshire

Beedon in historic gazetteers

Beedon in the Domesday Book