Dunchurch

Other current and historical names

Donecerce

Built-Up Area: Dunchurch
Parish/Community: Dunchurch
District/Borough: Rugby
County: Warwickshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°20'13"N 1°17'23"W
Eastings/Northings: 448492, 271234
OS Grid: SP484712
Mapcode Local: GBR 7PL.JQ9
Mapcode Global: VHCTX.LJJ7

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

Dunchurch in historic gazetteers

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

Dunchurch, par., township, and vil. with ry. sta., N. Warwickshire, 3 miles SW. of Rugby -- par., 4846 ac., pop. 1313; township, pop. 992; P.O., T.O.

Dunchurch in the Domesday Book

A village in Marton hundred, in the county of Warwickshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfmer
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Osbern son of Richard
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £5 in 1086
- Households: 12 villagers; 11 smallholders; 3 slaves; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 5 men's ploughs (9 plough lands)
- Meadow: 30 acres

British Place Names

Dunchurch, Warwickshire

Dunchurch is a village in Warwickshire

Dunchurch in historic gazetteers

Dunchurch in the Domesday Book