Durrington

Other current and historical names

Derentune

Built-Up Area: Worthing
Parish/Community: Worthing, unparished area
District/Borough: Worthing
County: West Sussex
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 50°49'45"N 0°25'5"W
Eastings/Northings: 511500, 104500
OS Grid: TQ115045
Mapcode Local: GBR GKX.WN6
Mapcode Global: FRA B60X.2WZ

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

Durrington in historic gazetteers

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

Durrington.-- par., W. Sussex, 2½ m. NW. of Worthing, 900 ac., pop. 181.

Durrington in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Braose
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Savage (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 8 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £5 in 1070; £5 in 1086
- Households: 9 villagers; 9 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 7 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Woodland: 10 swine render
- Churches: 1
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Braose
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Robert Savage (subinfeudated); 1 Frenchman (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 7 smallholders
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Woodland: 4 swine render

British Place Names

Durrington, West Sussex

Durrington is a settlement in Worthing, West Sussex

Durrington in historic gazetteers

Durrington in the Domesday Book