Eynsham

Other current and historical names

Einsham
Ensham
Eynesham
Eusham
Egonesham
Eignesham
Eglesham

Built-Up Area: Eynsham
Parish/Community: Eynsham
District/Borough: West Oxfordshire
County: Oxfordshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°46'50"N 1°22'28"W
Eastings/Northings: 443250, 209314
OS Grid: SP432093
Mapcode Local: GBR 7X8.7BJ
Mapcode Global: VHCXL.4H6P

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

Eynsham in historic gazetteers

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

Eynsham (or Eusham), par. and vil. with ry. sta., in co. and 7 miles NW. of Oxford, 5446 ac. (36 water), pop. 2076; P.O., T.O.; contains Eynsham Paper Mills.

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

Ensham, par., in co. and 7 miles NW. of Oxford; contains Ensham Hall. See EYNSHAM.

Eynsham in the Domesday Book

A village in Wootton hundred, in the county of Oxfordshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of Lincoln St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Lincoln
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Columban the monk (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 15 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £20 in 1066; £20 in 1086
- Households: 34 villagers; 33 smallholders; 3 men-at-arms
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 15 men's ploughs (18 plough lands)
- Meadow: 255 acres
- Woodland: 1 ¹⁄₂ mixed measures
- Pasture: 100 acres
- Mills: 1, value 12 shillings

British Place Names

Eynsham, Oxfordshire

Eynsham is a village in Oxfordshire

Eynsham in historic gazetteers

Eynsham in the Domesday Book