Bourton

Other current and historical names

Bourtune
Bortune

Built-Up Area: Buckingham
Parish/Community: Buckingham
District/Borough: Aylesbury Vale
County: Buckinghamshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 51°59'43"N 0°58'28"W
Eastings/Northings: 470500, 233500
OS Grid: SP705335
Mapcode Local: GBR BZ2.SHY
Mapcode Global: VHDT9.234L

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

Bourton in historic gazetteers

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

Bourton, hamlet, in N. of co. and 1 mile E. of Buckingham.

Bourton in the Domesday Book

A village in Rowley hundred, in the county of Buckinghamshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £16 in 1086
- Households: 11 smallholders; 2 slaves; 26 burgesses
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 8 ploughs
- Mills: 1, value 14 shillings
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alric son of Goding
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter Giffard
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Bolbec (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 2 ploughs

British Place Names

Bourton, Buckinghamshire

Bourton is a settlement in Buckingham, Buckinghamshire

Bourton in historic gazetteers

Bourton in the Domesday Book