Warkton

Other current and historical names

Werchintone

Parish/Community: Warkton
District/Borough: Kettering
County: Northamptonshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°24'36"N 0°41'18"W
Eastings/Northings: 489316, 279936
OS Grid: SP893799
Mapcode Local: GBR DX2.SXY
Mapcode Global: VHFNS.0PX6

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

Warkton in historic gazetteers

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

Warkton, par. and vil., Northamptonshire, 2½ miles NE. of Kettering, 1810 ac., pop. 259.

Warkton in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Countess Aelfeva
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1066; £8 in 1086
- Households: 16 villagers; 8 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 7 men's ploughs (9 plough lands)
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Woodland: 3 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value 1 shillings

British Place Names

Warkton, Northamptonshire

Warkton is a village in Northamptonshire

Warkton in historic gazetteers

Warkton in the Domesday Book