Garsdon

Other current and historical names

Gardone

Parish/Community: Lea and Cleverton
Unitary Authority: Wiltshire
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 51°35'21"N 2°2'45"W
Eastings/Northings: 396905, 187838
OS Grid: ST969878
Mapcode Local: GBR 2R1.CHY
Mapcode Global: VHB38.H95X

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

Garsdon in historic gazetteers

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

Garsdon, par., N. Wilts, 2 miles NE. of Malmesbury, 1137 ac., pop. 174.

Garsdon in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfeva Beteslau
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Malmesbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Malmesbury
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1070; £5 in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 6 slaves; 1 slave; 5 other households
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Woodland: ¹⁄₂ mixed measure
- Pasture: 10 acres
- Mills: 2, value £1 5/-

British Place Names

Garsdon, Wiltshire

Garsdon is a hamlet in Wiltshire

Garsdon in historic gazetteers

Garsdon in the Domesday Book