Compton

Other current and historical names

West Chisenbury
Chisenbury, West

Parish/Community: Enford
Unitary Authority: Wiltshire
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°16'4"N 1°48'39"W
Eastings/Northings: 413289, 152084
OS Grid: SU132520
Mapcode Local: GBR 4YW.JYZ
Mapcode Global: VHB4Y.KDHG

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

Compton in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Harding son of Alnoth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Aubrey of Coucy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Earl Aubrey of Coucy
- Taxable Value: 7 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1070; £10 in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 6 slaves; 5 other households
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 5 acres
- Pasture: 3 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value 10 shillings

British Place Names

Compton, Wiltshire

Compton is a village in Wiltshire

Compton in the Domesday Book