Defford

Other current and historical names

Depeforde

Built-Up Area: Defford
Parish/Community: Defford
District/Borough: Wychavon
County: Worcestershire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°5'19"N 2°7'4"W
Eastings/Northings: 392024, 243387
OS Grid: SO920433
Mapcode Local: GBR 1HM.5C0
Mapcode Global: VH938.7RRL

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

Defford in historic gazetteers

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

Defford, township and vil. with ry. sta., St Andrew Pershore par., in co. and 9 miles SE. of Worcester, pop. 438; P.O.

Defford in the Domesday Book

A village in Pershore hundred, in the county of Worcestershire.

- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Westminster St Peter
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Algot the monk; Abbey of Westminster St Peter
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Westminster
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: 2 Frenchmen (subinfeudated); Abbey of Westminster
- Taxable Value: 10 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 10 smallholders; 4 ploughmen
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 10 acres

British Place Names

Defford, Worcestershire

Defford is a village in Worcestershire

Defford in historic gazetteers

Defford in the Domesday Book