Bishopstrow

Other current and historical names

Biscopestreu

Parish/Community: Bishopstrow
Unitary Authority: Wiltshire
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°11'34"N 2°9'14"W
Eastings/Northings: 389340, 143745
OS Grid: ST893437
Mapcode Local: GBR 1VF.28J
Mapcode Global: VH97P.M85Y

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

Bishopstrow in historic gazetteers

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

Bishopstrow, par. and seat, S. Wilts, 1¾ mile SE. of Warminster, 1045 ac., pop. 245.

Bishopstrow in the Domesday Book

A village in Warminster hundred, in the county of Wiltshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edred
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Edward of Salisbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Edward of Salisbury
- Taxable Value: 7 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1070; £11 in 1086
- Households: 9 villagers; 6 smallholders; 2 cottagers; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Woodland: 8 acres
- Pasture: 5 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value 15 shillings

British Place Names

Bishopstrow, Wiltshire

Bishopstrow is a village in Wiltshire

Bishopstrow in historic gazetteers

Bishopstrow in the Domesday Book