Southorpe

Other current and historical names

Sudtorp

Parish/Community: Southorpe
Unitary Authority: Peterborough
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°36'36"N 0°24'16"W
Eastings/Northings: 508122, 302569
OS Grid: TF081025
Mapcode Local: GBR GXS.6J5
Mapcode Global: WHGM4.RNH9

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

Southorpe in historic gazetteers

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

Southorpe, township, Barnack par., Northamptonshire, 8 miles NW. of Peterborough, pop. 174.

Southorpe in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Peterborough St Peter
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Peterborough
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: 2 men-at-arms (subinfeudated); Geoffrey (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £6 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 2 smallholders; 18 freemen
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 7 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Woodland: 2 furlongs
- Mills: 2.5, value 3 shillings

British Place Names

Southorpe, Peterborough

Southorpe is a village in Peterborough

Southorpe in historic gazetteers

Southorpe in the Domesday Book