Kilmeston in the Domesday Book

A village in Fawley hundred, in the county of Hampshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

• 1st Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Bishop of Winchester St Peter & St Swithun
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godwin
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Winchester
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Winchester
  • Taxable Value: 5 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £5 in 1070; £5 in 1086
  • Households: 4 villagers; 4 smallholders; 6 slaves
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 7 acres

• 2nd Manor

  • Overlord in 1066: Bishop of Winchester St Peter & St Swithun
  • Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aldred's wife
  • Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Winchester
  • Lord of the Manor in 1086: Aldred brother of Odo (subinfeudated)
  • Taxable Value: 5 geld
  • Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £5 in 1086
  • Households: 6 villagers; 3 smallholders
  • Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
  • Meadow: 7 acres
  • Churches: 1