Oakley

Other current and historical names

Achelei
Acheleia

Built-Up Area: Oakley
Parish/Community: Oakley
Unitary Authority: Bedford
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°10'22"N 0°31'34"W
Eastings/Northings: 500884, 253745
OS Grid: TL008537
Mapcode Local: GBR G1H.RRZ
Mapcode Global: VHFQ0.TNN6

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

Oakley in historic gazetteers

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

Oakley.-- par. and vil. with ry. sta., Bedfordshire - par., 1740 ac., pop. 295; vil., on river Ouse, 4 miles NW. of Bedford; P.O.; near the sta. is Oakley House, seat of the Duke of Bedford.

Oakley in the Domesday Book

A village in Stodden hundred, in the county of Bedfordshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Oswulf son of Frani
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Tosny
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: 2 men-at-arms (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 10/- in 1066; £4 in 1070; £4 in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 3 smallholders; 5 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 4 ploughs
- Mills: 1, value £1 6/-
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Miles Crispin (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 3 smallholders
- Meadow: 1 plough

British Place Names

Oakley, Bedford

Oakley is a village in Oakley , Bedford

Oakley in historic gazetteers

Oakley in the Domesday Book