Chearsley

Other current and historical names

Cheardesly
Cerleslai
Cerldeslai

Built-Up Area: Chearsley
Parish/Community: Chearsley
District/Borough: Aylesbury Vale
County: Buckinghamshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°47'25"N 0°57'41"W
Eastings/Northings: 471730, 210699
OS Grid: SP717106
Mapcode Local: GBR C1L.PRR
Mapcode Global: VHDV8.982B

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

Chearsley in historic gazetteers

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

Chearsley, par., mid. Bucks, 7½ miles SW. of Aylesbury, 943 ac., pop. 235.

Chearsley in the Domesday Book

A village in Ashendon hundred, in the county of Buckinghamshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thanes, six
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter Giffard
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Arnulf of Chearsley (subinfeudated); Geoffrey (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 8 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1066; £6 in 1070; £6 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 2 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 ploughs
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Healfdene of Hanslope
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Miles Crispin
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard son of Rainfrid (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 2/- in 1066; £1 2/- in 1070; £1 2/- in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 1 smallholder; 2 slaves
- Meadow: 1 plough

British Place Names

Chearsley, Buckinghamshire

Chearsley is a village in Buckinghamshire

Chearsley in historic gazetteers

Chearsley in the Domesday Book