Etchilhampton

Other current and historical names

Echesatingetone
Ecesatingetone

Parish/Community: Etchilhampton
Unitary Authority: Wiltshire
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°20'30"N 1°56'4"W
Eastings/Northings: 404657, 160300
OS Grid: SU046603
Mapcode Local: GBR 3WF.XBK
Mapcode Global: VHB4H.FJ4Q

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

Etchilhampton in historic gazetteers

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

Etchilhampton, township, All Cannings par., N. Wilts, 2½ miles SE. of Devizes, pop. 170.

Etchilhampton in the Domesday Book

A village in Studfold hundred, in the county of Wiltshire.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Edward of Salisbury
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Edward of Salisbury; 2 Frenchmen (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 7 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1070; £8 10/- in 1086
- Households: 12 smallholders; 6 cottagers; 2 Frenchmen
- Plough Teams: 5 lord's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Pasture: 50 acres
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edric the sheriff
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Arnulf of Hesdin
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Edric the sheriff's wife (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 7 smallholders; 1 cottager
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 plough land)
- Meadow: 12 acres
- Pasture: 12 acres
3rd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Erlechin
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Erlechin
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 7/4¾ in 1086

British Place Names

Etchilhampton, Wiltshire

Etchilhampton is a village in Wiltshire

Etchilhampton in historic gazetteers

Etchilhampton in the Domesday Book