Hardwick

Other current and historical names

Hardewiche
Herdewiche

Parish/Community: Hardwick
District/Borough: Wellingborough
County: Northamptonshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°19'12"N 0°45'11"W
Eastings/Northings: 485080, 269857
OS Grid: SP850698
Mapcode Local: GBR CWT.GDR
Mapcode Global: VHDRN.WYN6

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

Hardwick in historic gazetteers

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

Hardwick, par., N. Northamptonshire, on river Nen, 3 miles NW. of Wellingborough, 1260 ac., pop. 125.

Hardwick in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulf son of Azur
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alan the steward (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 1 smallholder; 2 slaves
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alan the steward (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 1 smallholder
- Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 7 acres

British Place Names

Hardwick, Northamptonshire

Hardwick is a village in Northamptonshire

Hardwick in historic gazetteers

Hardwick in the Domesday Book