Duxford

Other current and historical names

Dodesuuorde
Dochesuuorde

Built-Up Area: Duxford
Parish/Community: Duxford
District/Borough: South Cambridgeshire
County: Cambridgeshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°5'32"N 0°9'33"E
Eastings/Northings: 548027, 245968
OS Grid: TL480459
Mapcode Local: GBR L8P.YXG
Mapcode Global: VHHKP.QN2X

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

Duxford in the Domesday Book

A village in Whittlesford hundred, in the county of Cambridgeshire.

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edeva the fair
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gerard of Lorraine (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 6 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1066; £5 in 1070; £5 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 5 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 2 ploughs
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Archbishop Stigand; Heoruwulf, a royal thane; Ingvar of Burstead
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Eustace
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Arnulf of Ardres (subinfeudated); Guy of Anjou (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1066; £7 in 1070; £6 8/7¼ in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 6 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 2 ploughs
- Mills: 2, value 12 shillings
3rd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulf son of Manni Swart
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Tosny
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert with the beard (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £5 10/- in 1070; £7 10/- in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 5 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 2 ploughs
- Mills: 2, value £2 10/-
4th Manor
- Overlords in 1066: Edeva the fair; Earl Algar; King Edward
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Freeman, one; Freemen, eleven
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hardwin of Scales
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Payne the steward (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £2 10/- in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 4 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 ¹⁄₄ men's ploughs (3 ¹⁄₄ plough lands)
- Meadow: 1 plough
5th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric Kemp
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Gernon
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert Gernon
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 6 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; 5 shillings in 1086

British Place Names

Duxford, Cambridgeshire

Duxford is a village in Cambridgeshire

Duxford in historic gazetteers

Duxford in the Domesday Book