Chesterton

Other current and historical names

Cestretune

Built-Up Area: Peterborough
Parish/Community: Chesterton
District/Borough: Huntingdonshire
County: Cambridgeshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°32'38"N 0°20'18"W
Eastings/Northings: 512769, 295306
OS Grid: TL127953
Mapcode Local: GBR GYM.K75
Mapcode Global: VHGKV.2BW5

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

Chesterton in historic gazetteers

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

Chesterton, par., N. Huntingdonshire, on border of co. and on river Nen, 5½ miles SW. of Peterborough, 1330 ac., pop. 172.

Chesterton in the Domesday Book

A village in Normancross hundred, in the county of Huntingdonshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulf of Glatton
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Eustace
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Lunen of Glatton (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 1 smallholder
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs (7 plough lands)
- Meadow: 20 acres
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brothers, two
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eustace the sheriff
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: 2 men-at-arms (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £4 in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 2 smallholders; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (7 plough lands)
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Churches: 1

British Place Names

Chesterton, Cambridgeshire

Chesterton is a village in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire

Chesterton in historic gazetteers

Chesterton in the Domesday Book