Brighthampton

Other current and historical names

Bristelmestone

Built-Up Area: Standlake
Parish/Community: Standlake
District/Borough: West Oxfordshire
County: Oxfordshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°43'46"N 1°26'43"W
Eastings/Northings: 438393, 203578
OS Grid: SP383035
Mapcode Local: GBR 6WF.FCP
Mapcode Global: VHC08.WSPG

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

Brighthampton in historic gazetteers

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

Brighthampton, township and hamlet, in par. and 4 miles E. of Bampton, Oxfordshire, 665 ac., pop. 74.

Brighthampton in the Domesday Book

A village in Bampton hundred, in the county of Oxfordshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ansketil of Graye (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 6 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £6 in 1086
- Households: 15 villagers; 16 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 7 men's ploughs (7 plough lands)
- Meadow: 90 acres
- Pasture: 10 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value £5 10/-
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Wadard of Cogges (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 5 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 plough land)
- Meadow: 16 acres

British Place Names

Brighthampton, Oxfordshire

Brighthampton is a village in Standlake, Oxfordshire

Brighthampton in historic gazetteers

Brighthampton in the Domesday Book