Saunderton

Other current and historical names

Santesdone
Santesdoune

Built-Up Area: Princes Risborough
Parish/Community: Bledlow-cum-Saunderton
District/Borough: Wycombe
County: Buckinghamshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°42'36"N 0°51'4"W
Eastings/Northings: 479473, 201899
OS Grid: SP794018
Mapcode Local: GBR C2Q.MMH
Mapcode Global: VHDVQ.68CT

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

Saunderton in historic gazetteers

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

Saunderton, par., Bucks, adjacent to Princes Risborough, 1831 ac., pop. 424.

Saunderton in the Domesday Book

A village in Desborough hundred, in the county of Buckinghamshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Earl Leofwin
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £5 in 1070; £5 in 1086
- Households: 13 villagers; 3 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 1 plough
- Woodland: 50 pigs
- Mills: 1
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alric son of Goding
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Miles Crispin
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Osbert (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £5 in 1070; £5 in 1086
- Households: 13 villagers; 5 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 1 plough
- Woodland: 50 pigs
- Mills: 2, value 8 shillings

British Place Names

Saunderton, Buckinghamshire

Saunderton is a village in Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire

Saunderton in historic gazetteers

Saunderton in the Domesday Book