Chicheley

Other current and historical names

Chichley
Cicelai

Parish/Community: Chicheley
Unitary Authority: Milton Keynes
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°6'19"N 0°41'3"W
Eastings/Northings: 490211, 246057
OS Grid: SP902460
Mapcode Local: GBR F0R.V4Y
Mapcode Global: VHFQB.3B3R

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

Chicheley in historic gazetteers

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

Chicheley, par., N. Bucks, on affluent of river Ouse, 2½ miles NE. of Newport Pagnell, 2071 ac., pop. 181; contains Chicheley Hall.

Chicheley in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Thanes, nine and their lords
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thanes, nine and their lords
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William son of Ansculf
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Payne of Hoggeston (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £5 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 6 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 4 ploughs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Baldwin son of Herlewin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William son of Ansculf
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Baldwin son of Herlewin (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 4 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 1 plough
- Woodland: 100 pigs
3rd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Alnoth the noble of Kent
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Estan of Farningham
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William son of Ansculf
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Andrew of Chicheley (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 4 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 2 ploughs
- Woodland: 100 pigs

British Place Names

Chicheley, Milton Keynes

Chicheley is a village in Milton Keynes

Chicheley in historic gazetteers

Chicheley in the Domesday Book