Blockley

Other current and historical names

Blochelei
Dovedale

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°0'41"N 1°45'48"W
Eastings/Northings: 416332, 234813
OS Grid: SP163348
Mapcode Local: GBR 4NV.YSY
Mapcode Global: VHB19.DP2V

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

Blockley in historic gazetteers

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

Blockley, par. and vil. with ry. sta., in detached portion of E. Worcestershire, 11½ miles SE. of Evesham, 7870 ac., pop. 2154; P.O., T.O.; the vil. is 2 miles SW. of sta.

Blockley in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of Worcester St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Worcester
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Worcester
- Taxable Value: 25 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £16 in 1066; £20 in 1086
- Households: 63 villagers; 25 smallholders; 14 slaves; 1 priest; 4 riders
- Plough Teams: 7 lord's ploughs; 51 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 24 acres
- Woodland: ¹⁄₂ league
- Mills: 12, value £2 11/7¼

British Place Names

Blockley, Gloucestershire

Blockley is a village in Gloucestershire

Blockley in historic gazetteers

Blockley in the Domesday Book