Twyning

Other current and historical names

Twining
Tueninge
Tuninge
Twyning Green
Twining Green
Church End

Parish/Community: Twyning
District/Borough: Tewkesbury
County: Gloucestershire
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 52°1'36"N 2°9'15"W
Eastings/Northings: 389500, 236500
OS Grid: SO895365
Mapcode Local: GBR 1J5.VGV
Mapcode Global: VH93M.LBW2

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

Twyning in historic gazetteers

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

Twining, par. and vil., Gloucestershire, 2 miles N. of Tewkesbury, 3155 ac., pop. 857; P.O., at Twyning Green.

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

Twyning Green, 2 miles N. of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire; P.O. See TWINING.

Twyning in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Winchcombe St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Winchcombe
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Winchcombe
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £7 in 1086
- Households: 24 villagers; 8 smallholders; 8 slaves; 2 female slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 27 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 40 acres
- Woodland: 2 furlongs
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Brictric son of Algar
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Villagers, four; Thane, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: John the chamberlain (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 15/- in 1066; £1 15/- in 1086
- Meadow: 3 acres

British Place Names

Twyning, Gloucestershire

Twyning is a settlement in Gloucestershire

Twyning in historic gazetteers

Twyning in the Domesday Book