Hook Norton

Other current and historical names

Hoch Norton
Hoche Norton
Hocknorton
Hochenartone
East End
End, East

Built-Up Area: Hook Norton
Parish/Community: Hook Norton
District/Borough: Cherwell
County: Oxfordshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°59'43"N 1°29'0"W
Eastings/Northings: 435558, 233116
OS Grid: SP355331
Mapcode Local: GBR 6S2.XD3
Mapcode Global: VHBZ3.73KN

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

Hook Norton in historic gazetteers

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

Hook Norton, par. and vil., N. Oxfordshire, on branch of river Swere, 5 miles NE. of Chipping Norton, 5495 ac., pop. 1232; P.O., T.O.

Hook Norton in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brothers, three
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert d'Oilly
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert d'Oilly
- Taxable Value: 30 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £30 in 1066; £30 in 1070; £30 in 1086
- Households: 76 villagers; 3 smallholders; 5 slaves
- Plough Teams: 5 lord's ploughs; 30 men's ploughs (30 plough lands)
- Meadow: 140 acres
- Woodland: 2 furlongs
- Pasture: 5 furlongs
- Mills: 2, value £1

British Place Names

Hook Norton, Oxfordshire

Hook Norton is a village in Oxfordshire

Hook Norton in historic gazetteers

Hook Norton in the Domesday Book