Silsoe

Other current and historical names

Sewilessou
Siuuilessou

Built-Up Area: Silsoe
Parish/Community: Silsoe
Unitary Authority: Central Bedfordshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°0'34"N 0°25'30"W
Eastings/Northings: 508190, 235749
OS Grid: TL081357
Mapcode Local: GBR G3L.TKW
Mapcode Global: VHFQV.LR39

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

Silsoe in historic gazetteers

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

Silsoe, township and vil., Flitton par., Bedfordshire - township, 2160 ac., pop. 679; vil., 3½ miles SE. of Ampthill; P.O., T.O.

Silsoe in the Domesday Book

A village in Flitton hundred, in the county of Bedfordshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, three; Leofnoth son of Osmund
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter brother of Sihere
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Flanders (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £11 in 1066; £5 in 1070; £8 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 8 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 7 men's ploughs (10 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 ploughs
- Woodland: 100 pigs
- Mills: 1, value 2 shillings
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelfric Small, a royal thane
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Nigel of Aubigny
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Concubine, one (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 3 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 3 ploughs
- Woodland: 50 pigs

British Place Names

Silsoe, Central Bedfordshire

Silsoe is a village in Central Bedfordshire

Silsoe in historic gazetteers

Silsoe in the Domesday Book