Fringford

Other current and historical names

Feringeford

Built-Up Area: Fringford
Parish/Community: Fringford
District/Borough: Cherwell
County: Oxfordshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°57'16"N 1°7'24"W
Eastings/Northings: 460329, 228823
OS Grid: SP603288
Mapcode Local: GBR 8WS.JR6
Mapcode Global: VHCWY.G4WF

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

Fringford in historic gazetteers

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

Fringford, par. and vil., Oxfordshire, 4½ miles NE. of Bicester, 1460 ac., g"op. 411; P.O.; contains the seat of Fringford Heath.

Fringford in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Wadard of Cogges (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 8 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £8 in 1086
- Households: 18 villagers; 8 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Mills: 2, value 10 shillings
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Wadard of Cogges (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 4 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 plough land)

British Place Names

Fringford, Oxfordshire

Fringford is a village in Oxfordshire

Fringford in historic gazetteers

Fringford in the Domesday Book