Benson

Other current and historical names

Bensington
Littleworth
Villam Regiam

Built-Up Area: Benson
Parish/Community: Benson
District/Borough: South Oxfordshire
County: Oxfordshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°37'15"N 1°6'25"W
Eastings/Northings: 461905, 191731
OS Grid: SU619917
Mapcode Local: GBR B26.8X4
Mapcode Global: VHCYH.RJJ6

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

Benson in historic gazetteers

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

Benson, or Bensington, par. and vil., SE. Oxfordshire, on river Thames, 1¾ mile NE. of Wallingford, 2920 ac. (14 water), pop. 1145; P.O., T.O.

Benson in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 11 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £85 in 1086
- Households: 32 villagers; 29 smallholders; 5 slaves
- Plough Teams: 8 lord's ploughs; 24 men's ploughs (50 plough lands)
- Mills: 2, value £2
- Other resources: 2 fisheries
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Saewold of Waterstock
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Theodric the goldsmith
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Theodric the goldsmith
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 3 smallholders
- Meadow: 4 acres
3rd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 12/4¾ in 1086
- Meadow: 4 acres

British Place Names

Benson, Oxfordshire

Benson is a village in Oxfordshire

Benson in historic gazetteers

Benson in the Domesday Book