Thenford

Other current and historical names

Taneford
Teworde

Parish/Community: Thenford
District/Borough: South Northamptonshire
County: Northamptonshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°4'19"N 1°14'37"W
Eastings/Northings: 451931, 241791
OS Grid: SP519417
Mapcode Local: GBR 8V8.4C9
Mapcode Global: VHCW9.D5BV

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

Thenford in historic gazetteers

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

Thenford, par., Northamptonshire, 1 mile N. of Farthinghoe sta. and 5½ miles NW. of Brackley, 890 ac., pop. 102; Thenford Hall is the seat of the Severnes.

Thenford in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert d'Oilly
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Quesnay (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (3 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Mills: 1, value 2/4¾
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Algar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Mainou the Breton
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Mainou the Breton
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (2 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Mills: 0.5

British Place Names

Thenford, Northamptonshire

Thenford is a hamlet in Northamptonshire

Thenford in historic gazetteers

Thenford in the Domesday Book