Bletsoe

Other current and historical names

Bletso
Bletnesho
Blecheshou
Bach

Parish/Community: Bletsoe
Unitary Authority: Bedford
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°12'44"N 0°30'22"W
Eastings/Northings: 502162, 258171
OS Grid: TL021581
Mapcode Local: GBR G14.BTN
Mapcode Global: VHFPV.5NRD

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

Bletsoe in historic gazetteers

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

Bletsoe, par., in N. of co. and 6 miles NW. of Bedford, on river Ouse, 2239 ac., pop. 341; P.O.

Bletsoe in the Domesday Book

A village in Buckelowe hundred, in the county of Bedfordshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Eskil of Ware; Freemen, three
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Beauchamp
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Osbert of Brouay (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 2 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 1 plough
- Woodland: 100 pigs
- Mills: 0.5, value 10 shillings
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofeva
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Osbern of Brouay (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 3 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 1 plough
- Woodland: 100 pigs
- Mills: 0.5, value 10 shillings

British Place Names

Bletsoe, Bedford

Bletsoe is a village in Bedford

Bletsoe in historic gazetteers

Bletsoe in the Domesday Book