Hillesden

Other current and historical names

Ilesdone
Ulesdone

Parish/Community: Hillesden
District/Borough: Aylesbury Vale
County: Buckinghamshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°57'17"N 1°0'11"W
Eastings/Northings: 468590, 228973
OS Grid: SP685289
Mapcode Local: GBR 9Y8.K4F
Mapcode Global: VHDTG.K4F4

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

Hillesden in historic gazetteers

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

Hillesden, par., in co. and bor. of Buckingham, 2606 ac., pop. 221.

Hillesden in the Domesday Book

A village in Rowley hundred, in the county of Buckinghamshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alric son of Goding
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter Giffard
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Bolbec (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 18 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £8 in 1070; £6 in 1086
- Households: 17 villagers; 9 smallholders; 7 slaves
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 10 men's ploughs (14 plough lands)
- Meadow: 14 ploughs
- Woodland: 100 pigs
- Mills: 1, value 4 shillings
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Alric son of Goding
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ranulf (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; 12 shillings in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 3 smallholders
- Meadow: 1 plough
- Woodland: 10 pigs

British Place Names

Hillesden, Buckinghamshire

Hillesden is a village in Buckinghamshire

Hillesden in historic gazetteers

Hillesden in the Domesday Book