Swindon

Other current and historical names

Suindone

Built-Up Area: Cheltenham
Parish/Community: Swindon
District/Borough: Cheltenham
County: Gloucestershire
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°55'27"N 2°5'36"W
Eastings/Northings: 393676, 225086
OS Grid: SO936250
Mapcode Local: GBR 2LX.CK4
Mapcode Global: VH941.NWPQ

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

Swindon in historic gazetteers

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

Swindon, par. and vil., Gloucestershire - par., 721 ac., pop. 201; vil., 2 miles NW. of Cheltenham; P.O.; near the vil. is Swindon Hall, seat.

Swindon in the Domesday Book

A village in Cheltenham hundred, in the county of Gloucestershire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Archbishop of York
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Archbishop of York
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £4 10/- in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 2 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 7 men's ploughs

British Place Names

Swindon, Gloucestershire

Swindon is a village in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

Swindon in historic gazetteers

Swindon in the Domesday Book