Bitton

Other current and historical names

Betone

Built-Up Area: Bitton
Parish/Community: Bitton
Unitary Authority: Stroud
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°25'28"N 2°27'26"W
Eastings/Northings: 368297, 169620
OS Grid: ST682696
Mapcode Local: GBR JX.PGL2
Mapcode Global: VH88X.CG75

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

Bitton in historic gazetteers

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

Bitton, par. and township with ry. sta., W. Gloucestershire, 6 miles SE. of Bristol -- par., 7191 ac., pop. 11,662; township, 3379 ac., pop. 3788; P.O.; contains coal and ironstone mines; also Roman antiquities.

Bitton in the Domesday Book

A village in Swineshead hundred, in the county of Gloucestershire.

Two 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: 36 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £100 in 1066; £100 in 1086
- Households: 41 villagers; 29 smallholders; 18 slaves
- Plough Teams: 45 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Mills: 1
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Dunn of Brimpsfield
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Dunn of Brimpsfield
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Dunn of Brimpsfield
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £3 in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 2 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Churches: 1

British Place Names

Bitton, Stroud

Bitton is a village in Stroud

Bitton in historic gazetteers

Bitton in the Domesday Book