Duncton

Other current and historical names

Donechitone

Parish/Community: Duncton
District/Borough: Chichester
County: West Sussex
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°56'52"N 0°38'2"W
Eastings/Northings: 496058, 117377
OS Grid: SU960173
Mapcode Local: GBR FGY.GK3
Mapcode Global: FRA 96KL.W95

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

Duncton in historic gazetteers

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

Duncton, par. and hamlet, W. Sussex, 2 miles SW. of Petworth ry. sta., 1360 ac., pop. 268; P.O.

Duncton in the Domesday Book

A village in Rotherbridge hundred, in the county of Sussex.

- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Roger of Shrewsbury
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: 4 Frenchmen (subinfeudated); Robert son of Theobald (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £7 3/- in 1086
- Households: 15 villagers; 14 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (5 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Meadow: 35 acres
- Woodland: 15 swine render
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 4, value £1 18/-
- Other resources: 2 fisheries

British Place Names

Duncton, West Sussex

Duncton is a village in West Sussex

Duncton in historic gazetteers

Duncton in the Domesday Book