Slapton

Other current and historical names

Slaptone
Abthorpe

Parish/Community: Abthorpe
District/Borough: South Northamptonshire
County: Northamptonshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°6'47"N 1°3'34"W
Eastings/Northings: 464500, 246500
OS Grid: SP645465
Mapcode Local: GBR 9W8.GY3
Mapcode Global: VHCW6.L47Y

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

Slapton in historic gazetteers

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

Slapton, par. and vil., Northamptonshire, 3½ miles SW. of Towcester, 930 ac., pop. 166.

Slapton in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Eskil
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Hugh
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Jocelyn the Breton (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 1 smallholder; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (10 plough lands)
- Meadow: 8 acres

British Place Names

Slapton, Northamptonshire

Slapton is a village in Northamptonshire

Slapton in historic gazetteers

Slapton in the Domesday Book