Hawton

Other current and historical names

Holtone
Houtune

Parish/Community: Hawton
District/Borough: Newark and Sherwood
County: Nottinghamshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 53°3'4"N 0°49'33"W
Eastings/Northings: 478797, 351086
OS Grid: SK787510
Mapcode Local: GBR CLT.N0Q
Mapcode Global: WHFHP.8KYR

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

Hawton in historic gazetteers

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

Hawton, par. and vil., S. Notts, 1½ mile SW. of Newark, 2160 ac., pop. 286.

Hawton in the Domesday Book

A village in Newark hundred, in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Limésy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alfred (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £4 10/- in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 10 smallholders; 18 freemen
- Plough Teams: 6 men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Limésy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alfred (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Households: 5 villagers; 5 smallholders; 4 freemen; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
- Churches: 2
- Mills: 1, value 10/7¼
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thori son of Roald
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter of Aincourt
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Osbert of Stoke (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Households: 6 freemen
- Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs (1 plough land)
- Meadow: 20 acres

British Place Names

Hawton, Nottinghamshire

Hawton is a hamlet in Nottinghamshire

Hawton in historic gazetteers

Hawton in the Domesday Book