Bonnington

Other current and historical names

Bonintone

Parish/Community: Bonnington
District/Borough: Ashford
County: Kent
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°5'7"N 0°55'28"E
Eastings/Northings: 604919, 135855
OS Grid: TR049358
Mapcode Local: GBR SYW.SP7
Mapcode Global: FRA D6T8.401

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

Bonnington in historic gazetteers

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

Bonnington, par., E. Kent, 6½ miles SE. of Ashford, 1113 ac., pop. 135.

Bonnington in the Domesday Book

A village in Street hundred, in the county of Kent.

- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Northmann of Mereworth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William son of Gross (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £5 in 1086
- Households: 9 villagers; 4 smallholders; 8 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Woodland: 8 swine render
- Churches: 1

British Place Names

Bonnington, Kent

Bonnington is a village in Kent

Bonnington in historic gazetteers

Bonnington in the Domesday Book