Silverstone

Other current and historical names

Silvestone
Sel

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°5'20"N 1°1'33"W
Eastings/Northings: 466830, 243868
OS Grid: SP668438
Mapcode Local: GBR 9WH.ZB8
Mapcode Global: VHDSP.5RFC

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

Silverstone in historic gazetteers

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

Silverstone, par. and vil., Northamptonshire - par., 2110 ac., pop. 1153; vil., 4 m. SW. of Towcester; P.O.

Silverstone in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Keynes (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (3 plough lands)
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Siward brother of Saewulf
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Giles brother of Ansculf
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godwin (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Woodland: 1 ¹⁄₂ leagues
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Esger the constable
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Arnold (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 1 smallholder; 2 slaves

British Place Names

Silverstone, Northamptonshire

Silverstone is a village in Northamptonshire

Silverstone in historic gazetteers

Silverstone in the Domesday Book