Dorney

Other current and historical names

Dornei

Built-Up Area: Dorney
Parish/Community: Slough, unparished area
Unitary Authority: Slough
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°30'2"N 0°39'22"W
Eastings/Northings: 493370, 178833
OS Grid: SU933788
Mapcode Local: GBR F84.WD2
Mapcode Global: VHFT7.KJXX

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

Dorney in historic gazetteers

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

Dorney, par., Bucks, 2½ miles NW. of Eton, 1560 ac. (23 water), pop. 319; P.O.; contains Dorney Court.

Dorney in the Domesday Book

A village in Burnham hundred, in the county of Buckinghamshire.

- Overlord in 1066: Earl Morcar
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aldred, Earl Morcar's man
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Miles Crispin
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 4 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 3 ploughs
- Woodland: 150 pigs
- Other resources: 1 fishery

British Place Names

Dorney, Slough

Dorney is a village in Slough

Dorney in historic gazetteers

Dorney in the Domesday Book