Watchfield

Other current and historical names

Wachenesfeld

Built-Up Area: Watchfield
Parish/Community: Watchfield
District/Borough: Vale of White Horse
County: Oxfordshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°36'40"N 1°38'49"W
Eastings/Northings: 424526, 190332
OS Grid: SU245903
Mapcode Local: GBR 5W5.Y3G
Mapcode Global: VHC0R.DRJN

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

Watchfield in historic gazetteers

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

Watchfield, township,.Shrivenham par., Berks, in NW. of co., 4 m. SW. of Faringdon, 1517 ac., pop. 362.

Watchfield in the Domesday Book

A village in Shrivenham hundred, in the county of Berkshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Abingdon St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Abingdon
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert (subinfeudated); Abbey of Abingdon; Wimund of Watchfield (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 20 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £15 in 1066; £10 in 1070; £14 10/- in 1086
- Households: 16 villagers; 17 smallholders; 8 slaves
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
- Meadow: 150 acres
- Mills: 1, value £1 5/-

British Place Names

Watchfield, Oxfordshire

Watchfield is a village in Oxfordshire

Watchfield in historic gazetteers

Watchfield in the Domesday Book