Wakeley

Other current and historical names

Wakely
Wachelei

Parish/Community: Westmill
District/Borough: East Hertfordshire
County: Hertfordshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 51°55'14"N 0°2'44"W
Eastings/Northings: 534500, 226500
OS Grid: TL345265
Mapcode Local: GBR K97.F9M
Mapcode Global: VHGNX.5Z7D

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

Wakeley in historic gazetteers

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

Wakely, par., Herts, in N. of co., 2 miles SW. of Buntingford, 463 ac., pop. 10.

Wakeley in the Domesday Book

A village in Edwinstree hundred, in the county of Hertfordshire.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edeva the fair
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 freeman; 1 slave
- Meadow: ¹⁄₄ plough
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alward the noble
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Eustace
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert son of Roscelin (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; 5 shillings in 1086
- Meadow: ¹⁄₄ plough
3rd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Earl Algar
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edric, Earl Algar's man
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hardwin of Scales
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Theobald of Barley (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1066; 7 shillings in 1070; 15 shillings in 1086
- Households: 7 cottagers
- Meadow: ¹⁄₄ plough

British Place Names

Wakeley, Hertfordshire

Wakeley is a settlement in Hertfordshire

Wakeley in historic gazetteers

Wakeley in the Domesday Book