Birdingbury

Other current and historical names

Birbury
Berdingeberie
Derbingerie

Built-Up Area: Birdingbury
Parish/Community: Birdingbury
District/Borough: Rugby
County: Warwickshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°18'46"N 1°22'3"W
Eastings/Northings: 443216, 268498
OS Grid: SP432684
Mapcode Local: GBR 7PP.WM5
Mapcode Global: VHCV2.74X8

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

Birdingbury in historic gazetteers

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

Birdingbury, or Birbury, par. with ry. sta., S. Warwickshire, on river Leam, 7 miles SW. of Rugby, 1180 ac., pop. 190; contains the seat of B. Hall.

Birdingbury in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Coventry St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Coventry
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Coventry
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 15/- in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 6 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 acres
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, three
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Thorkil of Warwick
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Jocelyn (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 3 smallholders; 3 freemen
- Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)

British Place Names

Birdingbury, Warwickshire

Birdingbury is a village in Warwickshire

Birdingbury in historic gazetteers

Birdingbury in the Domesday Book