Chalton

Other current and historical names

Cerlentone

Parish/Community: Mogerhanger
Unitary Authority: Central Bedfordshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°8'17"N 0°19'41"W
Eastings/Northings: 514518, 250186
OS Grid: TL145501
Mapcode Local: GBR H3H.V5Z
Mapcode Global: VHGMS.8JD9

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

Chalton in the Domesday Book

A village in Wichestanestou hundred, in the county of Bedfordshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Adeliza wife of Hugh of Grandmesnil
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Adeliza wife of Hugh of Grandmesnil
- Taxable Value: 10 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £12 in 1066; £8 in 1070; £10 in 1086
- Households: 16 villagers; 9 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs (10 plough lands)
- Meadow: 10 ploughs
- Woodland: 16 pigs
- Mills: 1, value £1 10/-

British Place Names

Chalton, Central Bedfordshire

Chalton is a hamlet in Central Bedfordshire

Chalton in the Domesday Book