Wasperton

Other current and historical names

Wasmertone

Parish/Community: Wasperton
District/Borough: Warwick
County: Warwickshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°13'40"N 1°36'40"W
Eastings/Northings: 426652, 258912
OS Grid: SP266589
Mapcode Local: GBR 5MW.7GV
Mapcode Global: VHBXW.181H

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

Wasperton in historic gazetteers

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

Wasperton, par. and vil., Warwickshire - par., 1619 ac., pop. 245; vil., on river Avon, 4½ miles S. of Warwick; P.O.

Wasperton in the Domesday Book

A village in Tremlowe hundred, in the county of Warwickshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Coventry St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Coventry
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Coventry
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £2 10/- in 1070; £3 10/- in 1086
- Households: 18 villagers; 1 smallholder; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 7 men's ploughs (11 plough lands)
- Mills: 1, value £1

British Place Names

Wasperton, Warwickshire

Wasperton is a village in Warwickshire

Wasperton in historic gazetteers

Wasperton in the Domesday Book