Wendlebury

Other current and historical names

Wandesberie

Built-Up Area: Wendlebury
Parish/Community: Wendlebury
District/Borough: Cherwell
County: Oxfordshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°52'18"N 1°11'11"W
Eastings/Northings: 456097, 219553
OS Grid: SP560195
Mapcode Local: GBR 8XP.LTD
Mapcode Global: VHCX9.D61Z

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

Wendlebury in historic gazetteers

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

Wendlebury, par., Oxfordshire, 2½ miles SW. of Bicester, 1154 ac., pop. 166; contains Wendlebury House, seat.

Wendlebury in the Domesday Book

A village in Kirtlington hundred, in the county of Oxfordshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Esger the constable
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Saswalo of Bouville (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 8 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £5 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 5 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 8 furlongs
- Pasture: 15 furlongs

British Place Names

Wendlebury, Oxfordshire

Wendlebury is a village in Oxfordshire

Wendlebury in historic gazetteers

Wendlebury in the Domesday Book