Boveney

Other current and historical names

Bouenie
Boueniae

Parish/Community: Bray
Unitary Authority: Windsor and Maidenhead
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 51°29'19"N 0°39'16"W
Eastings/Northings: 493500, 177500
OS Grid: SU935775
Mapcode Local: GBR F8B.P8X
Mapcode Global: VHFT7.LVR3

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

Boveney in historic gazetteers

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

Boveney, liberty, Burnham par., S. Bucks, on river Thames, 2 miles W. of Eton.

Boveney in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Siward brother of Saewulf
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Giles brother of Ansculf
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gerard (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Meadow: 2 ploughs
- Woodland: 60 pigs
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Reinbald of Cirencester
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Reinbald of Cirencester
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Reinbald the priest
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 villager
- Meadow: 1 plough

British Place Names

Boveney, Windsor and Maidenhead

Boveney is a hamlet in Windsor and Maidenhead

Boveney in historic gazetteers

Boveney in the Domesday Book