Orlingbury

Other current and historical names

Ordinbaro

Built-Up Area: Orlingbury
Parish/Community: Orlingbury
District/Borough: Wellingborough
County: Northamptonshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°20'30"N 0°44'19"W
Eastings/Northings: 486015, 272263
OS Grid: SP860722
Mapcode Local: GBR CWN.021
Mapcode Global: VHDRP.4DRP

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

Orlingbury in historic gazetteers

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

Orlingbury.-- par. and vil., Northamptonshire - par., 1990 ac., pop. 285; vil., 4 miles NW. of Wellingborough; P.O.; near the vil. is Orlingbury House, seat.

Orlingbury in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Fulcher Malsor (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 2 smallholders
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Woodland: 1 furlong

British Place Names

Orlingbury, Northamptonshire

Orlingbury is a village in Northamptonshire

Orlingbury in historic gazetteers

Orlingbury in the Domesday Book