Polebrook

Other current and historical names

Pochebroc

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°28'17"N 0°25'42"W
Eastings/Northings: 506852, 287109
OS Grid: TL068871
Mapcode Local: GBR FY5.0HJ
Mapcode Global: VHFNQ.J4CP

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

Polebrook in historic gazetteers

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

Polebrook, par., township, and vil., Northamptonshire - par., 2730 ac., pop. 451; township, pop. 426; vil., 2 miles SE. of Oundle; has a free school.

Polebrook in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Peterborough St Peter
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Peterborough
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Eustace the sheriff (subinfeudated); Geoffrey (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 13 villagers; 2 smallholders; 3 freemen; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 4 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 5 acres
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ordmer
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eustace the sheriff
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alfred of Grandcourt (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 4 smallholders; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (2 plough lands)

British Place Names

Polebrook, Northamptonshire

Polebrook is a village in Northamptonshire

Polebrook in historic gazetteers

Polebrook in the Domesday Book