Grantchester

Other current and historical names

Granchester
Granteseta

Built-Up Area: Grantchester
Parish/Community: Grantchester
District/Borough: South Cambridgeshire
County: Cambridgeshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°10'52"N 0°5'25"E
Eastings/Northings: 543024, 255730
OS Grid: TL430557
Mapcode Local: GBR L7M.CNY
Mapcode Global: VHHK8.JF5N

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

Grantchester in the Domesday Book

A village in Wetherley hundred, in the county of Cambridgeshire.

Six manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlords in 1066: Esger the constable; King Edward
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Freeman, one; Freemen, two
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Eustace
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: 2 men-at-arms (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £10 in 1070; £8 in 1086
- Households: 3.5 villagers; 13 smallholders; 16 cottagers
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 4 ploughs
- Mills: 1, value £20
2nd Manor
- Overlords in 1066: Earl Algar; Earl Waltheof
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Freeman, one; Freemen, three
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert son of Fafiton
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert son of Fafiton
- Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £7 in 1070; £7 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 7 smallholders; 22 cottagers
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Mills: 1, value £2
3rd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, five
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Guy of Raimbeaucourt
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: 2 men-at-arms (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £2 15/- in 1086
- Households: 3 smallholders
- Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough
4th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Edeva the fair
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godman
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godlamb (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 3 cottagers; 1 slave
- Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough
5th Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Judicael the hunter
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert son of Fafiton (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 villager
- Meadow: ¹⁄₄ plough
6th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Picot of Cambridge
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert son of Fafiton (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 villager

British Place Names

Grantchester, Cambridgeshire

Grantchester is a village in Cambridgeshire

Grantchester in historic gazetteers

Grantchester in the Domesday Book