Byfield

Other current and historical names

Bifelde
Bivelde
Westhorp

Built-Up Area: Byfield
Parish/Community: Byfield
District/Borough: Daventry
County: Northamptonshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°10'28"N 1°14'43"W
Eastings/Northings: 451697, 253178
OS Grid: SP516531
Mapcode Local: GBR 8SX.PXV
Mapcode Global: VHCVQ.CLFW

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

Byfield in historic gazetteers

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

Byfield, par., S. Northamptonshire, 7½ miles SW. of Daventry, 2760 ac., pop. 787; P.O., T.O.

Byfield in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Eskil
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Hugh
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Rhuddlan (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 8 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £8 in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 3 smallholders; 5 slaves; 1 men-at-arm
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (20 plough lands)
- Meadow: 1 mixed measure
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thanes, three
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Grandmesnil
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ivo of Grandmesnil (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 1 smallholder
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (5 plough lands)

British Place Names

Byfield, Northamptonshire

Byfield is a village in Northamptonshire

Byfield in historic gazetteers

Byfield in the Domesday Book