Maidwell

Other current and historical names

Medewelle

Built-Up Area: Maidwell
Parish/Community: Maidwell
District/Borough: Daventry
County: Northamptonshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°23'15"N 0°53'59"W
Eastings/Northings: 474963, 277193
OS Grid: SP749771
Mapcode Local: GBR BTJ.799
Mapcode Global: VHDRD.C820

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

Maidwell in historic gazetteers

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

Maidwell, par., vil., and seat, Northamptonshire, 7 miles S. of Market Harborough, 1650 ac., pop. 293; P.O.

Maidwell in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ansger the chaplain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ansger the chaplain
- Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 2 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 4¾d in 1066; 4¾d in 1086
- Households: 1 freeman

British Place Names

Maidwell, Northamptonshire

Maidwell is a village in Northamptonshire

Maidwell in historic gazetteers

Maidwell in the Domesday Book