Chisbury

Other current and historical names

Cheseberie

Parish/Community: Little Bedwyn
Unitary Authority: Wiltshire
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 51°23'41"N 1°36'11"W
Eastings/Northings: 427709, 166281
OS Grid: SU277662
Mapcode Local: GBR 5YY.HHX
Mapcode Global: VHC1Y.56BH

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

Chisbury in the Domesday Book

A village in Kinwardstone hundred, in the county of Wiltshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert of Bretteville
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert of Bretteville
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1070; £12 in 1086
- Households: 12 villagers; 3 smallholders; 7 slaves; 14 other households
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs (9 plough lands)
- Meadow: 15 acres
- Woodland: 40 acres
- Pasture: 15 furlongs
- Mills: 2, value £1

British Place Names

Chisbury, Wiltshire

Chisbury is a hamlet in Wiltshire

Chisbury in the Domesday Book