Staverton

Other current and historical names

Stavertone

Built-Up Area: Staverton
Parish/Community: Staverton
District/Borough: Daventry
County: Northamptonshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°14'44"N 1°12'36"W
Eastings/Northings: 454030, 261134
OS Grid: SP540611
Mapcode Local: GBR 8S6.0XD
Mapcode Global: VHCVB.ZT47

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

Staverton in historic gazetteers

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

Staverton, par. and vil., Northamptonshire - par., 2240 ac., pop. 384; vil., 2 miles SW. of Daventry; P.O.

Staverton in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Saewulf brother of Siward; Edric; Alwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alan of Whilton (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £3 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 12 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (8 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Baldwin son of Herlewin
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Grandmesnil
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Osbern of Neuf-Marché (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 5 smallholders

British Place Names

Staverton, Northamptonshire

Staverton is a village in Northamptonshire

Staverton in historic gazetteers

Staverton in the Domesday Book