Bozeat

Other current and historical names

Bosieta
Bosiete

Built-Up Area: Bozeat
Parish/Community: Bozeat
District/Borough: Wellingborough
County: Northamptonshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°13'17"N 0°40'30"W
Eastings/Northings: 490605, 258981
OS Grid: SP906589
Mapcode Local: GBR DZD.Q50
Mapcode Global: VHFPR.7FZ8

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

Bozeat in historic gazetteers

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

Bozeat, par., S. Northamptonshire, on verge of co., 6½ miles S. of Wellingborough, 2400 ac., pop. 1189; P.O.

Bozeat in the Domesday Book

A village in Higham hundred, in the county of Northamptonshire.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Earl Waltheof
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Stric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Lancelin (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 2 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Woodland: 2 furlongs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Countess Gytha of Hereford
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William Peverel
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Turstin Mantle (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1086
3rd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Winemar of Flanders (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Households: 4 smallholders

British Place Names

Bozeat, Northamptonshire

Bozeat is a village in Northamptonshire

Bozeat in historic gazetteers

Bozeat in the Domesday Book