Stotfold

Other current and historical names

Stodfald
Stotfalt

Built-Up Area: Stotfold
Parish/Community: Stotfold
Unitary Authority: Central Bedfordshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Town

Latitude/Longitude: 52°0'58"N 0°13'55"W
Eastings/Northings: 521413, 236781
OS Grid: TL214367
Mapcode Local: GBR J6H.G48
Mapcode Global: VHGND.XLM8

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

Stotfold in historic gazetteers

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

Stotfold.-- par. and vil., Bedfordshire, in SE. of co.- par., 2323 ac., pop. 2892; vil., 2 miles NW. of Baldock ry. sta. and 6 SE. of Shefford; P.O.; the par. contains the Beds, Hunts, and Herts Lunatic Asylum.

Stotfold in the Domesday Book

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

- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Eskil of Ware; Freemen, seven
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Beauchamp
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Beauchamp
- Taxable Value: 15 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £20 in 1066; £12 in 1070; £25 in 1086
- Households: 21 villagers; 14 smallholders; 6 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 12 men's ploughs (15 plough lands)
- Meadow: 7 ploughs
- Mills: 4, value £4

British Place Names

Stotfold, Central Bedfordshire

Stotfold is a town in Central Bedfordshire

Stotfold in historic gazetteers

Stotfold in the Domesday Book