Greenford

Other current and historical names

Greneforde
Great Greenford
Greenford Great

Built-Up Area: Ealing
Parish/Community: Ealing, unparished area
Unitary Authority: Ealing
Region: London

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 51°31'38"N 0°21'8"W
Eastings/Northings: 514396, 182238
OS Grid: TQ143822
Mapcode Local: GBR 5C.KTM
Mapcode Global: VHFT6.VV3X

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

Greenford in historic gazetteers

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

Greenford, Great, par. and vil., Middlesex, 4 miles NW. of Brentford, 2078 ac., pop. 538; P.O., called Greenford; in vicinity is the seat of Greenford Hall.

Greenford in the Domesday Book

A village in Elthorne hundred, in the county of Middlesex.

Four manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Westminster St Peter
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Westminster
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Westminster
- Taxable Value: 11 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £7 in 1070; £7 in 1086
- Households: 9 villagers; 7 smallholders; 3 cottagers; 6 slaves; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 5 men's ploughs (7 plough lands)
- Woodland: 300 pigs
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Esger the constable
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Canons of London St Paul; Freeman, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Arnulf of Hesdin (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 2 cottagers; 1 slave
- Woodland: 40 pigs
3rd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Esger the constable
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Azur, Esger the constable's man
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ansgot (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1066; 3 shillings in 1070; 3 shillings in 1086
4th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Earl Leofwin
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofric, Earl Leofwin's Guard
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Aelfeva wife of Hwaetmann
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Aelfeva wife of Hwaetmann
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086

British Place Names

Greenford, Ealing

Greenford is a settlement in Ealing, Ealing

Greenford in historic gazetteers

Greenford in the Domesday Book