Boyton, Wiltshire

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Boyton is a village in Wiltshire

Other current and historical names

Boientone

Parish/Community: Boyton
Unitary Authority: Wiltshire
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°9'17"N 2°3'56"W
Eastings/Northings: 395500, 139500
OS Grid: ST955395
Mapcode Local: GBR 2X8.DLD
Mapcode Global: VHB5D.47SM

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

Boyton in historic gazetteers

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

Boyton, par., S. Wilts, on river Willy, 2½ m. SE. of Heytesbury, 3956 ac., pop. 303; contains B. House.

Boyton in the Domesday Book

A village in Heytesbury hundred, in the county of Wiltshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Edward of Salisbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Edward of Salisbury
- Taxable Value: 11 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1070; £11 10/- in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 5 slaves; 5 other households
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Woodland: 3 furlongs
- Pasture: 4 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value 15 shillings

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Boyton, Wiltshire

Boyton is a village in Wiltshire

Boyton in historic gazetteers

Boyton in the Domesday Book