Wappenham

Other current and historical names

Wapenham
Wapeham
Wapiham

Built-Up Area: Wappenham
Parish/Community: Wappenham
District/Borough: South Northamptonshire
County: Northamptonshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°6'23"N 1°5'13"W
Eastings/Northings: 462622, 245728
OS Grid: SP626457
Mapcode Local: GBR 9W7.V9S
Mapcode Global: VHCW6.3BN2

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

Wappenham in historic gazetteers

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

Wappenham, par., township, and vil. with ry. sta., Northamptonshire - par., 2980 ac., pop. 526; township, pop. 464; vil., 4 miles SW. of Towcester; P.O.

Wappenham in the Domesday Book

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

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Siward brother of Saewulf; Leofric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Giles brother of Ansculf
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Giles brother of Ansculf
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £4 in 1086
- Households: 17 villagers; 8 smallholders; 9 slaves; 3 female slaves; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 5 acres
- Woodland: 11 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value 4 shillings

British Place Names

Wappenham, Northamptonshire

Wappenham is a village in Northamptonshire

Wappenham in historic gazetteers

Wappenham in the Domesday Book