Wakerley

Other current and historical names

Wacherlei

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°35'4"N 0°35'30"W
Eastings/Northings: 495506, 299452
OS Grid: SP955994
Mapcode Local: GBR DV2.TDM
Mapcode Global: WHGM7.W9CH

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

Wakerley in historic gazetteers

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

Wakerley, par. (ry. sta. Wakerley and Barrowden). on N. border of Northamptonshire, 2½ miles S. of Luffenham sta. and 7 SW. of Stamford, 2130 ac., pop. 223.

Wakerley in the Domesday Book

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

- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eudo the steward
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Eudo the steward
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £5 in 1086
- Households: 16 villagers; 4 smallholders; 4 slaves; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 12 acres
- Woodland: 1 mixed measure
- Mills: 1, value 5 shillings

British Place Names

Wakerley, Northamptonshire

Wakerley is a village in Northamptonshire

Wakerley in historic gazetteers

Wakerley in the Domesday Book