Watford

Other current and historical names

Datford
Wadford
Wat

Parish/Community: Watford
District/Borough: Daventry
County: Northamptonshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°18'52"N 1°6'59"W
Eastings/Northings: 460332, 268869
OS Grid: SP603688
Mapcode Local: GBR 9SP.SP4
Mapcode Global: VHCV6.L2NY

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

Watford in historic gazetteers

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

Watford, par. and vil., Northamptonshire - par., 3080 ac., pop. 462; vil., 4½ miles NE. of Daventry; P.O.; Watford Court, seat, is in vicinity.

Watford in the Domesday Book

A village in Guilsborough hundred, in the county of Leicestershire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert the cook
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert the cook
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 20 villagers; 5 smallholders; 1 slave; 1 female slave
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Mills: 1, value 1 shillings

British Place Names

Watford, Northamptonshire

Watford is a village in Northamptonshire

Watford in historic gazetteers

Watford in the Domesday Book