Bighton

Other current and historical names

Bighetone

Parish/Community: Bighton
District/Borough: Winchester
County: Hampshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°6'17"N 1°7'32"W
Eastings/Northings: 461314, 134317
OS Grid: SU613343
Mapcode Local: GBR 971.Q70
Mapcode Global: VHD10.FHSB

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

Bighton in historic gazetteers

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

Bighton, par., N. Hants, 2 miles NE. of Alresford, 2094 ac., pop. 229; P.O.

Bighton in the Domesday Book

A village in Chuteley hundred, in the county of Hampshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Winchester St Peter
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Winchester
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Burghelm (subinfeudated); Fulcred (subinfeudated); Abbey of Winchester
- Taxable Value: 10 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £6 in 1070; £12 in 1086
- Households: 11 villagers; 9 smallholders; 6 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 4 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Woodland: 10 swine render
- Churches: 1

British Place Names

Bighton, Hampshire

Bighton is a village in Hampshire

Bighton in historic gazetteers

Bighton in the Domesday Book