Chesterton

Other current and historical names

Cestretone

Built-Up Area: Chesterton
Parish/Community: Chesterton
District/Borough: Cherwell
County: Oxfordshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°53'26"N 1°11'19"W
Eastings/Northings: 455935, 221665
OS Grid: SP559216
Mapcode Local: GBR 8XH.DB1
Mapcode Global: VHCX3.BQZW

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. and vil., NE. Oxford, 2 m. SW. of Bicester, 2527 ac., pop. 317; P.O.; contains C. Lodge.

Chesterton in the Domesday Book

A village in Kirtlington hundred, in the county of Oxfordshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wigot of Wallingford
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Miles Crispin
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William son of Turold (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 12 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £10 in 1086
- Households: 22 villagers; 10 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 10 men's ploughs (16 plough lands)
- Meadow: 39 acres
- Woodland: 3 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value 10 shillings

British Place Names

Chesterton, Oxfordshire

Chesterton is a village in Oxfordshire

Chesterton in historic gazetteers

Chesterton in the Domesday Book