Horspath

Other current and historical names

Horsepath
Horspadan

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°44'19"N 1°10'26"W
Eastings/Northings: 457132, 204771
OS Grid: SP571047
Mapcode Local: GBR 8Z7.XPM
Mapcode Global: VHCXW.LKPG

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

Horspath in historic gazetteers

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

Horsepath, par. and vil., in co. and 4 miles SE. of Oxford, 1154 ac., pop. 324; P.O.

Horspath in the Domesday Book

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

- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Ivry
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £5 in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 6 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 13 acres
- Woodland: 3 furlongs

British Place Names

Horspath, Oxfordshire

Horspath is a village in Oxfordshire

Horspath in historic gazetteers

Horspath in the Domesday Book