Plumpton

Other current and historical names

Pluntune

Parish/Community: Weston and Weedon
District/Borough: South Northamptonshire
County: Northamptonshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°7'48"N 1°7'35"W
Eastings/Northings: 459887, 248346
OS Grid: SP598483
Mapcode Local: GBR 8TN.J05
Mapcode Global: VHCVZ.FQ9C

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

Plumpton in historic gazetteers

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

Plumpton, par., Northamptonshire, 7 miles W. of Towcaster, 1800 ac., pop. 30.

Plumpton in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofnoth son of Osmund
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter of Flanders
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Leofnoth son of Osmund (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 4 acres

British Place Names

Plumpton, Northamptonshire

Plumpton is a village in Northamptonshire

Plumpton in historic gazetteers

Plumpton in the Domesday Book