Washingley

Other current and historical names

Wasingelei
Wasingeleia

Parish/Community: Folksworth and Washingley
District/Borough: Huntingdonshire
County: Cambridgeshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 52°29'29"N 0°19'47"W
Eastings/Northings: 513500, 289500
OS Grid: TL135895
Mapcode Local: GBR GZ7.MHB
Mapcode Global: VHGL1.7MJS

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

Washingley in historic gazetteers

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

Washingley, par., Huntingdonshire, in NW. of co., 1½ mile W. of Stilton, 1260 ac., pop. 97.

Washingley in the Domesday Book

A village in Normancross hundred, in the county of Huntingdonshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thori
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eustace the sheriff
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Eustace the sheriff
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1066; £2 10/- in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 1 smallholder
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 12 acres
- Woodland: 7 mixed measures
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ketilbert of Folksworth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ketilbert of Folksworth
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ketilbert of Folksworth
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 4 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 12 acres
- Woodland: 7 furlongs
- Churches: 1

British Place Names

Washingley, Cambridgeshire

Washingley is a settlement in Cambridgeshire

Washingley in historic gazetteers

Washingley in the Domesday Book