Ruislip

Other current and historical names

Riselip
Rislepe

Built-Up Area: Hillingdon
Parish/Community: Hillingdon, unparished area
Unitary Authority: Hillingdon
Region: London

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 51°34'36"N 0°25'37"W
Eastings/Northings: 509092, 187621
OS Grid: TQ090876
Mapcode Local: GBR 2R.C0Q
Mapcode Global: VHFSZ.KM2H

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

Ruislip in historic gazetteers

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

Ruislip (or Riselip), par. and vil., Middlesex, 3½ miles NE. of Uxbridge, 6585 ac., pop. 1455; P.O.; near vil. is Ruislip Park, seat.

Ruislip in the Domesday Book

A village in Elthorne hundred, in the county of Middlesex.

- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfward White the noble
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Arnulf of Hesdin
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Arnulf of Hesdin
- Taxable Value: 30 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £30 in 1066; £12 in 1070; £20 in 1086
- Households: 29 villagers; 7 smallholders; 8 cottagers; 4 slaves; 1 priest; 4 Frenchmen
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 12 men's ploughs (20 plough lands)
- Woodland: 1500 pigs

British Place Names

Ruislip, Hillingdon

Ruislip is a settlement in Hillingdon, Hillingdon

Ruislip in historic gazetteers

Ruislip in the Domesday Book