Twywell

Other current and historical names

Teowelle
Tuiwella

Parish/Community: Twywell
District/Borough: East Northamptonshire
County: Northamptonshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°23'39"N 0°36'13"W
Eastings/Northings: 495104, 278295
OS Grid: SP951782
Mapcode Local: GBR DXC.XV9
Mapcode Global: VHFP0.H25S

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

Twywell in historic gazetteers

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

Twywell, par. and ry. sta., Northamptonshire, 2½ miles W. of Thrapston, 1400 ac., pop. 501.

Twywell in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Thorney St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Thorney
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Thorney
- Taxable Value: 2 ⁵⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 9 villagers; 5 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs (7 plough lands)
- Woodland: 2 acres
- Mills: 2, value 7/2½
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Waltheof
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Countess Judith
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (2 plough lands)

British Place Names

Twywell, Northamptonshire

Twywell is a village in Northamptonshire

Twywell in historic gazetteers

Twywell in the Domesday Book