Clayworth

Other current and historical names

Clauorde

Built-Up Area: Clayworth
Parish/Community: Clayworth
District/Borough: Bassetlaw
County: Nottinghamshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°23'3"N 0°54'14"W
Eastings/Northings: 472989, 388062
OS Grid: SK729880
Mapcode Local: GBR QY49.1H
Mapcode Global: WHFG3.26Q8

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

Clayworth in historic gazetteers

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

Clayworth, par., township, and vil., N. Notts, on Chesterfield Canal, 6 miles NE. of East Retford -- par., 3080 ac., pop. 559; township, pop. 439; P.O.

Clayworth in the Domesday Book

A village in Oswaldbeck hundred, in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 6/2½ in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 18 smallholders; 12 freemen
- Plough Teams: 10 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 2 furlongs
- Woodland: 10 furlongs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Grimkel of Bilby
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Bully
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Fulco of Lisors (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 4 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1086
- Households: 3 smallholders; 3 freemen
- Plough Teams: 3 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs ( ¹⁄₂ plough land)
- Meadow: 2 ¹⁄₂ mixed measures
- Woodland: 3 mixed measures

British Place Names

Clayworth, Nottinghamshire

Clayworth is a village in Nottinghamshire

Clayworth in historic gazetteers

Clayworth in the Domesday Book