Pitsford

Other current and historical names

Pisford
Pitesford
Pidesford

Built-Up Area: Pitsford
Parish/Community: Pitsford
District/Borough: Daventry
County: Northamptonshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°18'19"N 0°53'36"W
Eastings/Northings: 475552, 268056
OS Grid: SP755680
Mapcode Local: GBR BVH.GYX
Mapcode Global: VHDRS.GBK0

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

Pitsford in historic gazetteers

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

Pitsford, par. and vil. with ry. sta. (Pitsford and Brampton), Northamptonshire - par., 2700 ac., pop. 559; vil., 5 miles N. of Northampton; P.O.; near the vil. are Pitsford Hall, seat, and an ancient camp and tumulus.

Pitsford in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofnoth son of Osmund
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter of Flanders
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Fulcher Malsor (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 10/- in 1066; £3 10/- in 1086
- Households: 16 villagers; 9 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 6 men's ploughs (7 plough lands)
- Mills: 1, value 1 shillings
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Osmund
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Humphrey of Wigginton (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 3 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder
- Mills: 1, value 2 shillings

British Place Names

Pitsford, Northamptonshire

Pitsford is a village in Northamptonshire

Pitsford in historic gazetteers

Pitsford in the Domesday Book