Highway

Other current and historical names

Hiwei
Hiwi

Parish/Community: Hilmarton
Unitary Authority: Wiltshire
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 51°28'8"N 1°56'23"W
Eastings/Northings: 404270, 174458
OS Grid: SU042744
Mapcode Local: GBR 3TW.VRL
Mapcode Global: VHB3X.BB9M

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

Highway in historic gazetteers

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

Highway, par., N. Wilts, 4½ miles NE. of Calne, 813 ac., pop. 88.

Highway in the Domesday Book

A village in Kingsbridge hundred, in the county of Wiltshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Malmesbury St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Malmesbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Malmesbury
- Taxable Value: 11 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1070; £8 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 6 smallholders; 4 cottagers; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 15 acres
- Pasture: 15 acres
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Toti of Highway
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Mortimer
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Mortimer
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder
- Meadow: 4 acres

British Place Names

Highway, Wiltshire

Highway is a hamlet in Wiltshire

Highway in historic gazetteers

Highway in the Domesday Book