Tilsworth

Other current and historical names

Tilesworth
Tilworth
Pileworde

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 51°54'37"N 0°34'10"W
Eastings/Northings: 498500, 224500
OS Grid: SP985245
Mapcode Local: GBR F3F.0WD
Mapcode Global: VHFRC.27TW

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

Tilsworth in historic gazetteers

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

Tilsworth, par. and vil., Bedfordshire, 3 miles NW. of Dunstable and 3½ miles E. of Leighton Buzzard, 1510 ac., pop. 250.

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

Tilesworth, Bedfordshire. See TILSWORTH.

Tilsworth in the Domesday Book

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

- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofric son of Osmund
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William Peverel
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ambrose of Tilsworth (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 10 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £6 in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 6 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 6 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 ploughs
- Woodland: 100 pigs

British Place Names

Tilsworth, Central Bedfordshire

Tilsworth is a settlement in Central Bedfordshire

Tilsworth in historic gazetteers

Tilsworth in the Domesday Book