Owston, Doncaster

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Owston is a village in Doncaster

Parish/Community: Owston
Unitary Authority: Doncaster
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°35'39"N 1°10'9"W
Eastings/Northings: 455083, 411187
OS Grid: SE550111
Mapcode Local: GBR NV8W.N7
Mapcode Global: WHDCP.0XHC

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

Owston in historic gazetteers

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

Owston, par., township, and vil., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire - par., 3039 ac., pop. 488; township (partly also in Burgh Wallis par.), 1815 ac., pop. 339; the vil. is 5 miles NW. of Doncaster.

Owston in the Domesday Book

A village in Osgodcross hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Ulfkil; Skotakoll; Gluniairnn
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ilbert of Lacy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alfred (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 12 villagers; 5 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 4 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Woodland: ¹⁄₂ league

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British Place Names

Owston, Doncaster

Owston is a village in Doncaster

Owston in historic gazetteers

Owston in the Domesday Book