Ludgershall

Other current and historical names

Lotegarser

Built-Up Area: Ludgershall
Parish/Community: Ludgershall
District/Borough: Aylesbury Vale
County: Buckinghamshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°51'7"N 1°2'38"W
Eastings/Northings: 465944, 217484
OS Grid: SP659174
Mapcode Local: GBR 9ZD.T0C
Mapcode Global: VHCXC.VQF1

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

Ludgershall in historic gazetteers

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

Ludgershall.-- par., township, and vil., Bucks, in W. of co., 6 miles SE. of Bicester ry. sta.- par., 2823 ac., pop. 442; township, 2562 ac., pop. 395.

Ludgershall in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Queen Edith
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edeva wife of Wulfward White
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
- Taxable Value: 9 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £5 in 1070; £5 in 1086
- Households: 13 villagers; 4 smallholders; 5 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 8 ploughs
- Woodland: 40 pigs
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric, King Edward's chamberlain
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William son of Magne
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William son of Magne
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 1 plough

British Place Names

Ludgershall, Buckinghamshire

Ludgershall is a village in Ludgershall , Buckinghamshire

Ludgershall in historic gazetteers

Ludgershall in the Domesday Book