Edgeworth

Other current and historical names

Egesworde
Egeisuurde

Parish/Community: Edgeworth
District/Borough: Cotswold
County: Gloucestershire
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°45'19"N 2°4'52"W
Eastings/Northings: 394487, 206309
OS Grid: SO944063
Mapcode Local: GBR 2NW.W1Y
Mapcode Global: VH950.W42K

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

Edgeworth in historic gazetteers

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

Edgeworth.-- par., E. Gloucestershire, 5½ miles NW. of Cirencester, 1566 ac., pop. 130; P.O.; contains Edgeworth Manor.

Edgeworth in the Domesday Book

A village in Bisley hundred, in the county of Gloucestershire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin the sheriff of Gloucestershire
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Lacy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Lacy
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £6 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 3 smallholders; 15 slaves
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Woodland: 1 league
- Mills: 1, value 2/4¾
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Hugh
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Earl Hugh
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086

British Place Names

Edgeworth, Gloucestershire

Edgeworth is a village in Gloucestershire

Edgeworth in historic gazetteers

Edgeworth in the Domesday Book