Rothersthorpe

Other current and historical names

Torp

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°12'19"N 0°57'24"W
Eastings/Northings: 471380, 256880
OS Grid: SP713568
Mapcode Local: GBR BWK.QX2
Mapcode Global: VHDS4.CTHM

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

Rothersthorpe in historic gazetteers

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

Rothersthorpe, par., in co. and 4 miles SW. of Northampton, 1200 ac., pop. 240.

Rothersthorpe in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Swein son of Azur
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gunfrid of Chocques
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gunfrid of Chocques
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £5 in 1086
- Households: 14 villagers; 5 smallholders; 7 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs (7 plough lands)
- Woodland: 5 ¹⁄₂ furlongs
- Mills: 1, value 2/7¼
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Toki son of Auti
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey Alselin
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £6 in 1086
- Households: 1 villager
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Toki son of Auti
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey Alselin
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Winemar of Flanders (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 8 shillings in 1086

British Place Names

Rothersthorpe, Northamptonshire

Rothersthorpe is a village in Northamptonshire

Rothersthorpe in historic gazetteers

Rothersthorpe in the Domesday Book