Bishampton

Other current and historical names

Bisantune

Built-Up Area: Bishampton
Parish/Community: Bishampton
District/Borough: Wychavon
County: Worcestershire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°9'36"N 2°1'2"W
Eastings/Northings: 398904, 251324
OS Grid: SO989513
Mapcode Local: GBR 2J4.DRW
Mapcode Global: VHB0C.ZY9W

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

Bishampton in historic gazetteers

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

Bishampton, par., E. Worcestershire, 4½ miles NE. of Pershore, 2140 ac., pop. 428; P.O.

Bishampton in the Domesday Book

A village in Oswaldslow hundred, in the county of Worcestershire.

- Overlord in 1066: Bishop of Worcester St Mary
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, four
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Worcester
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: 2 Frenchmen (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 10 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £12 in 1066; £10 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 2 smallholders; 4 slaves; 4 female slaves; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Mills: 1, value 1 shillings

British Place Names

Bishampton, Worcestershire

Bishampton is a village in Worcestershire

Bishampton in historic gazetteers

Bishampton in the Domesday Book