Blewbury

Other current and historical names

Blewberry
Blidberie

Built-Up Area: Blewbury
Parish/Community: Blewbury
District/Borough: Vale of White Horse
County: Oxfordshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°33'59"N 1°13'59"W
Eastings/Northings: 453246, 185555
OS Grid: SU532855
Mapcode Local: GBR 919.M20
Mapcode Global: VHCYM.KWXK

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

Blewbury in historic gazetteers

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

Blewbury, par. and vil., mid. Berks, 3½ miles S. of Didcot, 4246 ac., pop. 746; P.O.

Blewbury in the Domesday Book

A village in Blewbury hundred, in the county of Berkshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric; King Edward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Bishop William Beaufour (subinfeudated); King William
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £55 in 1066; £55 in 1070; £65 in 1086
- Households: 24 villagers; 61 cottagers
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 15 men's ploughs (20 plough lands)
- Meadow: 26 acres
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 3, value £1 17/4¾
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brictward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Evreux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count of Evreux
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 4 cottagers
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Mills: 1, value 4 shillings

British Place Names

Blewbury, Oxfordshire

Blewbury is a village in Oxfordshire

Blewbury in historic gazetteers

Blewbury in the Domesday Book