Ompton

Other current and historical names

Almpton
Almentun
Almuntone
Almentune

Parish/Community: Wellow
District/Borough: Newark and Sherwood
County: Nottinghamshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 53°10'55"N 0°58'35"W
Eastings/Northings: 468500, 365500
OS Grid: SK685655
Mapcode Local: GBR 9GD.KY5
Mapcode Global: WHFH0.Z86S

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

Ompton in historic gazetteers

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

Ompton, township, Kneesal par., Notts, 2½ miles SE. of Ollerton, pop. 58; P.O.

Ompton in the Domesday Book

A village in Bassetlaw hundred, in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Osmund Benz
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph of Buron
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Buron
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
- Households: 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (1 plough land)
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Toki son of Auti
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey Alselin
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulf Fenman
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert of Ghent
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert of Ghent
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₈ geld
- Households: 1 smallholder; 2 freemen
- Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs ( ¹⁄₄ plough land)

British Place Names

Ompton, Nottinghamshire

Ompton is a hamlet in Nottinghamshire

Ompton in historic gazetteers

Ompton in the Domesday Book