Ibstone

Other current and historical names

Ipstone
Ebestan
Hibestanes
Ypestan

Parish/Community: Ibstone
District/Borough: Wycombe
County: Buckinghamshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°38'11"N 0°54'46"W
Eastings/Northings: 475333, 193633
OS Grid: SU753936
Mapcode Local: GBR C3L.B0W
Mapcode Global: VHDW2.4479

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

Ibstone in historic gazetteers

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

Ibstone (or Ipstone), par. and hamlet, Bucks and Oxfordshire, 8 miles W. of Wycombe, 1121 ac., pop. 300; P.O.; conntains the seat of Ibstone House.

Ibstone in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Tovi, a royal Guard
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hervey the commissioner
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hervey the commissioner
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £4 in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 4 slaves; 1 smith
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Woodland: 100 pigs
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hervey the commissioner
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hervey the commissioner
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 1 villager
- Meadow: 3 acres
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulf
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hervey the commissioner
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hervey the commissioner
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086

British Place Names

Ibstone, Buckinghamshire

Ibstone is a village in Buckinghamshire

Ibstone in historic gazetteers

Ibstone in the Domesday Book