Kennington

Other current and historical names

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Built-Up Area: Kennington
Parish/Community: Kennington
District/Borough: Vale of White Horse
County: Oxfordshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°42'59"N 1°14'42"W
Eastings/Northings: 452248, 202249
OS Grid: SP522022
Mapcode Local: GBR 8ZJ.B0S
Mapcode Global: VHCY1.C3MW

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

Kennington in historic gazetteers

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

Kennington, eccl. dist., Radley and Sunningwell pars., Berks, on river Thames, 2½ miles SE. of Oxford, pop. 129.

Kennington in the Domesday Book

A village in Hormer hundred, in the county of Berkshire.

- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Abingdon St Mary
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Englishmen, six
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Abingdon
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Berner nephew of Robert of Péronne (subinfeudated); Alwin (subinfeudated); Warin of Favarcis (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 10 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £12 in 1066; £10 in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 18 smallholders; 5 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 110 acres

British Place Names

Kennington, Oxfordshire

Kennington is a village in Oxfordshire

Kennington in historic gazetteers

Kennington in the Domesday Book