Hensington

Other current and historical names

Hansitone

Built-Up Area: Woodstock
Parish/Community: Woodstock
District/Borough: West Oxfordshire
County: Oxfordshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Suburban Area

Latitude/Longitude: 51°51'1"N 1°20'37"W
Eastings/Northings: 445298, 217075
OS Grid: SP452170
Mapcode Local: GBR 7WB.WM0
Mapcode Global: VHCX6.NRGB

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

Hensington in historic gazetteers

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

Hensington, township, Bladon par., Oxfordshire, 2 miles S. of Woodstock, 605 ac., pop. 280.

Hensington in the Domesday Book

A village in Wootton hundred, in the county of Oxfordshire.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Ivry
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; ¹⁄₂ men's plough (2 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Meadow: 1 furlong
- Woodland: 5 acres
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ansger (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 12 shillings in 1086
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Woodland: 6 acres
3rd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Peter (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 5/- in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 2 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (1 plough land)
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Woodland: 6 acres
- Mills: 1, value 5 shillings

British Place Names

Hensington, Oxfordshire

Hensington is a suburban area in Woodstock , Oxfordshire

Hensington in historic gazetteers

Hensington in the Domesday Book