Bygrave

Other current and historical names

Bigrave

Parish/Community: Bygrave
District/Borough: North Hertfordshire
County: Hertfordshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°0'37"N 0°9'37"W
Eastings/Northings: 526363, 236266
OS Grid: TL263362
Mapcode Local: GBR J6L.VPF
Mapcode Global: VHGNG.5QMM

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

Bygrave in historic gazetteers

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

Bygrave, par., NE. Herts, 2¼ miles NE. of Baldock, 1789 ac., pop. 109.

Bygrave in the Domesday Book

A village in Odsey hundred, in the county of Hertfordshire.

- Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, two; Leodmer of Bygrave
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Chester
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Chester
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £12 in 1066; £8 in 1070; £10 in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 9 smallholders; 6 cottagers; 2 freemen; 7 slaves; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 9 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
- Mills: 1, value 10 shillings

British Place Names

Bygrave, Hertfordshire

Bygrave is a village in Hertfordshire

Bygrave in historic gazetteers

Bygrave in the Domesday Book