Bolnhurst

Other current and historical names

Bolehestre

Parish/Community: Bolnhurst and Keysoe
Unitary Authority: Bedford
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°13'32"N 0°24'36"W
Eastings/Northings: 508689, 259792
OS Grid: TL086597
Mapcode Local: GBR G12.K3L
Mapcode Global: VHFPW.VB06

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

Bolnhurst in the Domesday Book

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

Six manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alfled
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Thorney
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Thorney
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 9 villagers; 5 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 5 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 1 plough
- Woodland: 106 pigs
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Guthmund
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 15 shillings in 1070; 15 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 4 smallholders
- Meadow: 1 plough
- Woodland: 20 pigs
3rd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Burgred father of Edwin
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Azur, Burgred father of Edwin's man
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Tovi the priest (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 12 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 1 smallholder
- Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough
- Woodland: 30 pigs
4th Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, two
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: 2 Freemen (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 12 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 smallholders
- Woodland: 4 pigs
5th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Almer of Wootton
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Beauchamp (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 12 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 smallholders
- Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough
- Woodland: 20 pigs
6th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorgot's father
- Tenants in Chief in 1086: Thorgot; Thorgot's mother
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Thorgot; Thorgot's mother
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 12 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 2 smallholders
- Woodland: 4 pigs

British Place Names

Bolnhurst, Bedford

Bolnhurst is a village in Bedford

Bolnhurst in historic gazetteers

Bolnhurst in the Domesday Book