Hauxton

Other current and historical names

Hauochestone
Hauochestun

Parish/Community: Hauxton
District/Borough: South Cambridgeshire
County: Cambridgeshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 52°9'7"N 0°5'45"E
Eastings/Northings: 543500, 252500
OS Grid: TL435525
Mapcode Local: GBR L81.13J
Mapcode Global: VHHKG.M54H

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

Hauxton in historic gazetteers

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

Hauxton, par., on river Cam, in co. and 4 miles SW. of Cambridge, 568 ac., pop. 232.

Hauxton in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Ely
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Ely
- Taxable Value: 8 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £14 in 1066; £13 in 1070; £13 in 1086
- Households: 16 villagers; 4 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 8 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
- Meadow: 4 ploughs
- Mills: 2, value £2 10/-
2nd Manor
- Overlords in 1066: Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda; Earl Algar
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Bondi; Freeman, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hardwin of Scales
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hardwin of Scales
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 4 smallholders
- Meadow: 2 ploughs
- Mills: 1, value £1

British Place Names

Hauxton, Cambridgeshire

Hauxton is a settlement in Cambridgeshire

Hauxton in historic gazetteers

Hauxton in the Domesday Book