Bladon

Other current and historical names

Blade

Built-Up Area: Bladon
Parish/Community: Bladon
District/Borough: West Oxfordshire
County: Oxfordshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°49'47"N 1°21'2"W
Eastings/Northings: 444843, 214793
OS Grid: SP448147
Mapcode Local: GBR 7WQ.7B1
Mapcode Global: VHCXD.J8SG

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

Bladon in historic gazetteers

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

Bladon, par. and vil., mid. Oxfordshire, 2 miles S. of Woodstock -- par., 1061ac., pop. 613; vil., pop. 333; P.O.

Bladon in the Domesday Book

A village in Wootton hundred, in the county of Oxfordshire.

- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Adam son of Hubert (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £6 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 18 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (7 plough lands)
- Meadow: 14 acres
- Woodland: 1 league
- Mills: 2, value 14 shillings

British Place Names

Bladon, Oxfordshire

Bladon is a village in Oxfordshire

Bladon in historic gazetteers

Bladon in the Domesday Book