Bledington

Other current and historical names

Bladington
Bladinton

Built-Up Area: Bledington
Parish/Community: Bledington
District/Borough: Cotswold
County: Gloucestershire
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°54'6"N 1°38'30"W
Eastings/Northings: 424752, 222646
OS Grid: SP247226
Mapcode Local: GBR 5RP.RRV
Mapcode Global: VHBZD.HGGF

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

Bledington in historic gazetteers

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

Bledington, par., E. Gloucestershire, 4 miles SE. of Stow-on-the-Wold, 1110 ac., pop. 367; P.O.

Bledington in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Winchcombe St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Winchcombe
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Winchcombe
- Taxable Value: 7 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £3 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 4 smallholders; 8 slaves; 2 female slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 30 acres
- Mills: 1, value 5 shillings

British Place Names

Bledington, Gloucestershire

Bledington is a village in Gloucestershire

Bledington in historic gazetteers

Bledington in the Domesday Book