Irchester

Other current and historical names

Irencestre
Hirecestre

Built-Up Area: Irchester
Parish/Community: Irchester
District/Borough: Wellingborough
County: Northamptonshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°16'51"N 0°38'43"W
Eastings/Northings: 492513, 265615
OS Grid: SP925656
Mapcode Local: GBR DYN.ZM5
Mapcode Global: VHFPC.RXPV

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

Irchester in historic gazetteers

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

Irchester, par. and vil. with ry. sta., in co. and 13½ mile E. of Northampton, 1980 ac., pop. 1699; P.O.; has ironworks, also shoemaking and matmaking.

Irchester in the Domesday Book

A village in Higham hundred, in the county of Northamptonshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Countess Gytha of Hereford
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William Peverel
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William Peverel
- Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₄ geld
- Households: 3 freemen; 1 freeman
- Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Mills: 1, value 16 shillings
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Siward brother of Saewulf
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 1 shillings in 1066; 8 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 villager
- Meadow: 3 ¹⁄₂ acres

British Place Names

Irchester, Northamptonshire

Irchester is a village in Northamptonshire

Irchester in historic gazetteers

Irchester in the Domesday Book