Orston

Other current and historical names

Oschintone

Parish/Community: Orston
District/Borough: Rushcliffe
County: Nottinghamshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 52°57'22"N 0°50'52"W
Eastings/Northings: 477500, 340500
OS Grid: SK775405
Mapcode Local: GBR BLM.NGP
Mapcode Global: WHFJ1.YYGJ

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

Orston in historic gazetteers

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

Orston, par. and vil., Notts - par., 1940 ac., pop. 484; vil., 4 miles NE. of Bingham; P.O.

Orston in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £30 in 1066; £20 in 1086
- Households: 19 villagers; 11 smallholders; 3 freemen; 2 priests
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 15 ¹⁄₈ men's ploughs (10 plough lands)
- Meadow: 180 acres
- Churches: 1

British Place Names

Orston, Nottinghamshire

Orston is a settlement in Nottinghamshire

Orston in historic gazetteers

Orston in the Domesday Book