Pyrton

Other current and historical names

Pirton
Peritone
Piritune

Built-Up Area: Pyrton
Parish/Community: Pyrton
District/Borough: South Oxfordshire
County: Oxfordshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°39'29"N 1°0'24"W
Eastings/Northings: 468802, 195947
OS Grid: SU688959
Mapcode Local: GBR B1R.Y17
Mapcode Global: VHDVT.HLM8

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

Pyrton in historic gazetteers

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

Pyrton, par. and vil., Oxfordshire, in S. of co., 7 miles NE. of Wallingford ry. sta., 4847 ac., pop. 566.

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

Pyrton.-- hundred, Oxfordshire, in S. of co., 14,163 ac., pop. 3324; contains 7 pars, and part of another.

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

Pirton, par., Oxfordshire. See PYRTON.

Pyrton in the Domesday Book

A village in Pyrton hundred, in the county of Berkshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Hugh
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William son of Nigel (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 40 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £16 in 1066; £25 in 1070; £30 in 1086
- Households: 42 villagers; 2 smallholders; 8 slaves
- Plough Teams: 6 lord's ploughs; 20 men's ploughs (26 plough lands)
- Meadow: 200 acres
- Woodland: 18
- Pasture: 2 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value 5 shillings

British Place Names

Pyrton, Oxfordshire

Pyrton is a village in Oxfordshire

Pyrton in historic gazetteers

Pyrton in the Domesday Book