Gotham

Other current and historical names

Gatham
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Built-Up Area: Gotham
Parish/Community: Gotham
District/Borough: Rushcliffe
County: Nottinghamshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°52'2"N 1°12'20"W
Eastings/Northings: 453561, 330275
OS Grid: SK535302
Mapcode Local: GBR 8JN.7YT
Mapcode Global: WHDHB.G616

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

Gotham in historic gazetteers

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

Gotham, par. and vil., in co. and 7 miles SW. of Nottingham, 2740 ac., pop. 1026; P.O.

Gotham in the Domesday Book

A village in Rushcliffe hundred, in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Stori of Gotham
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 20 villagers; 2 smallholders; 3 freemen
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 9 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 80 acres
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godric son of Fredegis
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Saewin of Kingston
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Saewin of Kingston
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 2 shillings in 1086
- Meadow: 12 acres

British Place Names

Gotham, Nottinghamshire

Gotham is a village in Nottinghamshire

Gotham in historic gazetteers

Gotham in the Domesday Book