Radwell

Other current and historical names

Radeuuelle

Parish/Community: Radwell
District/Borough: North Hertfordshire
County: Hertfordshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°0'25"N 0°12'25"W
Eastings/Northings: 523155, 235819
OS Grid: TL231358
Mapcode Local: GBR J6Q.2FV
Mapcode Global: VHGNF.CTB4

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

Radwell in historic gazetteers

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

Radwell, par., Herts, 1½ mile NW. of Baldock, 743 ac., pop. 101; contains Radwell House, seat.

Radwell in the Domesday Book

A village in Odsey hundred, in the county of Hertfordshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alnoth Grutt
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Adam son of Hubert (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £5 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 4 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (7 plough lands)
- Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough
- Mills: 1, value 8 shillings
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Almer of Bennington
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Almer of Bennington's brother; Almer of Bennington
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Peter of Valognes
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Households: 5 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; ¹⁄₂ men's plough (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough
- Mills: 1, value 6/7¼

British Place Names

Radwell, Hertfordshire

Radwell is a village in Hertfordshire

Radwell in historic gazetteers

Radwell in the Domesday Book