Maidford

Other current and historical names

Merdeford

Parish/Community: Maidford
District/Borough: South Northamptonshire
County: Northamptonshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°10'2"N 1°6'38"W
Eastings/Northings: 460916, 252504
OS Grid: SP609525
Mapcode Local: GBR 9VM.20G
Mapcode Global: VHCVS.PSM8

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

Maidford in historic gazetteers

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

Maidford, par. and vil., Northamptonshire, 6 miles NW. of Towcester, 1930 ac., pop. 270.

Maidford in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Willa
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Grandmesnil
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Gouville (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £2 10/- in 1086
- Households: 9 villagers; 4 smallholders; 4 slaves; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Woodland: 4 furlongs

British Place Names

Maidford, Northamptonshire

Maidford is a village in Northamptonshire

Maidford in historic gazetteers

Maidford in the Domesday Book