Grendon

Other current and historical names

Grendone
Gredone

Built-Up Area: Grendon
Parish/Community: Grendon
District/Borough: Wellingborough
County: Northamptonshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°14'6"N 0°42'50"W
Eastings/Northings: 487925, 260445
OS Grid: SP879604
Mapcode Local: GBR CXV.SCZ
Mapcode Global: VHDS8.K2YT

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

Grendon in historic gazetteers

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

Grendon.-- par., S. Northamptonshire, 5½ miles SW. of Wellingborough, 3120 ac., pop. 542; P.O.

Grendon in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Waltheof
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Countess Judith
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Households: 12 freemen
- Plough Teams: 9 men's ploughs (9 plough lands)
- Meadow: 30 acres
- Mills: 3, value 3 shillings

British Place Names

Grendon, Northamptonshire

Grendon is a village in Northamptonshire

Grendon in historic gazetteers

Grendon in the Domesday Book