Chawton

Other current and historical names

Celtone

Built-Up Area: Alton
Parish/Community: Chawton
District/Borough: East Hampshire
County: Hampshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°7'58"N 0°59'21"W
Eastings/Northings: 470823, 137550
OS Grid: SU708375
Mapcode Local: GBR B85.W5W
Mapcode Global: VHDYB.SSXD

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

Chawton in historic gazetteers

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

Chawton, par., N. Hants, 6 miles NE. of Alresford, 2674 ac., pop. 473; P.O.; contains Chawton House.

Chawton in the Domesday Book

A village in Neatham hundred, in the county of Hampshire.

- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Odo of Winchester
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Port
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Port
- Taxable Value: 10 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £10 in 1070; £12 in 1086
- Households: 19 villagers; 8 smallholders; 6 slaves
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 50 swine render

British Place Names

Chawton, Hampshire

Chawton is a village in Alton , Hampshire

Chawton in historic gazetteers

Chawton in the Domesday Book