Lewknor

Other current and historical names

Levecanole
Levechanole

Built-Up Area: Lewknor
Parish/Community: Lewknor
District/Borough: South Oxfordshire
County: Oxfordshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°40'19"N 0°57'58"W
Eastings/Northings: 471585, 197545
OS Grid: SU715975
Mapcode Local: GBR C34.2K4
Mapcode Global: VHDVV.67KH

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

Lewknor in historic gazetteers

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

Lewknor, township and vil., Oxfordshire, and par., partly also in Bucks - par., 4719 ac., pop. 730; township, 2718 ac., pop. 529; vil., 6 miles S. of Thame; P.O.

Lewknor in the Domesday Book

A village in Lewknor hundred, in the county of Oxfordshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Abingdon St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Abingdon
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Abingdon
- Taxable Value: 17 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £20 in 1070; £20 in 1086
- Households: 30 villagers; 26 smallholders; 6 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 23 men's ploughs (26 plough lands)
- Meadow: 4 furlongs
- Woodland: 1 mixed measure
- Mills: 1, value 1/7¼
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert d'Oilly
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Peter (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; ¹⁄₂ men's plough (1 plough land)
- Meadow: 6 acres

British Place Names

Lewknor, Oxfordshire

Lewknor is a village in Oxfordshire

Lewknor in historic gazetteers

Lewknor in the Domesday Book