Fyfield, Wiltshire

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Fyfield is a village in Wiltshire

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°25'2"N 1°47'21"W
Eastings/Northings: 414752, 168731
OS Grid: SU147687
Mapcode Local: GBR 4X5.4FL
Mapcode Global: VHB45.XMYS

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

Fyfield in historic gazetteers

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

Fyfield, par., S. Wilts, 2½ miles W. of Marlborough, pop. 157.

Fyfield in the Domesday Book

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

- Overlord in 1066: Bishop of Winchester St Peter & St Swithun
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alsi the monk
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Winchester
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Edward (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1070; £5 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 9 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Woodland: 3 furlongs
- Pasture: 30 acres

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Fyfield, Wiltshire

Fyfield is a village in Wiltshire

Fyfield in historic gazetteers

Fyfield in the Domesday Book