Clopton

Other current and historical names

Clapton
Clotone
Dotone

Parish/Community: Clopton
District/Borough: East Northamptonshire
County: Northamptonshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°24'37"N 0°26'17"W
Eastings/Northings: 506333, 280312
OS Grid: TL063803
Mapcode Local: GBR FYQ.XQC
Mapcode Global: VHFNX.CN6Z

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

Clopton in historic gazetteers

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

Clapton, par., N. Northampton, on border of co., 2 miles NE. of Thrapstone ry. sta., 1946 ac., pop. 211.

Clopton in the Domesday Book

A village in Navisford hundred, in the county of Northamptonshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Peterborough St Peter
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Peterborough
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Almer (subinfeudated); Eustace the sheriff (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £2 10/- in 1086
- Households: 11 villagers; 15 smallholders; 3 freemen; 1 men-at-arm
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 26 acres
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eustace the sheriff
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alfred of Grandcourt (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 3 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough (2 plough lands)

British Place Names

Clopton, Northamptonshire

Clopton is a village in Northamptonshire

Clopton in historic gazetteers

Clopton in the Domesday Book