Steppingley

Other current and historical names

Stepigelai

Parish/Community: Steppingley
Unitary Authority: Central Bedfordshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°0'27"N 0°31'43"W
Eastings/Northings: 501084, 235359
OS Grid: TL010353
Mapcode Local: GBR G3M.53W
Mapcode Global: VHFQS.SSBX

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

Steppingley in historic gazetteers

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

Steppingley, par. and vil., Bedfordshire, 2½ miles SW. of Ampthill, 1060 ac., pop. 313.

Steppingley in the Domesday Book

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

- Overlord in 1066: Aelfric of Flitwick
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Almer
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William Speke
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William son of Reginald (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £4 in 1086
- Households: 14 villagers; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 5 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (7 plough lands)
- Meadow: 7 ploughs
- Woodland: 100 pigs

British Place Names

Steppingley, Central Bedfordshire

Steppingley is a village in Central Bedfordshire

Steppingley in historic gazetteers

Steppingley in the Domesday Book