Greatworth

Other current and historical names

Grentevorde

Built-Up Area: Greatworth
Parish/Community: Greatworth
District/Borough: South Northamptonshire
County: Northamptonshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°4'42"N 1°11'47"W
Eastings/Northings: 455158, 242531
OS Grid: SP551425
Mapcode Local: GBR 8V4.Q97
Mapcode Global: VHCWB.61S0

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

Greatworth in historic gazetteers

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

Greatworth, par., N. Northamptonshire, 4½ miles NW. of Brackley, 863 ac., pop. 173.

Greatworth in the Domesday Book

A village in Warden hundred, in the county of Northamptonshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Saewulf brother of Siward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William Peverel (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £3 in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 5 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)

British Place Names

Greatworth, Northamptonshire

Greatworth is a village in Northamptonshire

Greatworth in historic gazetteers

Greatworth in the Domesday Book