Horton

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 51°51'51"N 0°39'38"W
Eastings/Northings: 492322, 219247
OS Grid: SP923192
Mapcode Local: GBR F3W.1SL
Mapcode Global: VHFRH.HDLR

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

Horton in historic gazetteers

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

Horton, hamlet, Edlesborough and Ivinghoe pars., Bucks, 2 miles NW. of Ivinghoe.

Horton in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Brictric of Waddesdon
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofsi
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Miles Crispin
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Swarting (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 13/2½ in 1066; 13/2½ in 1070; 13/2½ in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 2 slaves
- Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Ulf Fenman
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert of Ghent
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Swarting (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 6/7¼ in 1066; 6/7¼ in 1070; 6/7¼ in 1086
3rd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brunmann, Archbishop Stigand's man
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alstan (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1066; 2 shillings in 1070; 2 shillings in 1086

British Place Names

Horton, Buckinghamshire

Horton is a hamlet in Buckinghamshire

Horton in historic gazetteers

Horton in the Domesday Book