Finedon

Other current and historical names

Thingdon

Built-Up Area: Finedon
Parish/Community: Finedon
District/Borough: Wellingborough
County: Northamptonshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°20'19"N 0°39'13"W
Eastings/Northings: 491811, 272046
OS Grid: SP918720
Mapcode Local: GBR DY2.9J6
Mapcode Global: VHFP5.MG5X

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

Finedon in historic gazetteers

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

Finedon, par. and vil. with ry. sta., N. Northamptonshire, 3½ miles NE. of Wellingborough, 3650 ac., pop. 2404; P.O., T.O.; the vil. is 1½ mile SE. of sta.; in W. vicinity of vil. is Finedon Hall, and ½ mile S. of sta. is Finedon Lodge.

Finedon in the Domesday Book

A village in Navisland hundred, in the county of Northamptonshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Queen Edith
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 27 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £20 in 1066; £40 in 1086
- Households: 30 villagers; 15 smallholders; 50 freemen; 7 slaves
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 35 men's ploughs (54 plough lands)
- Meadow: 50 acres
- Woodland: 1 league
- Mills: 3, value £1 14/-
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Burgred father of Edwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 3 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Mills: 1, value 5 shillings

British Place Names

Finedon, Northamptonshire

Finedon is a village in Northamptonshire

Finedon in historic gazetteers

Finedon in the Domesday Book