Wendy

Other current and historical names

Wandei
Wandrie

Parish/Community: Shingay cum Wendy
District/Borough: South Cambridgeshire
County: Cambridgeshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°6'41"N 0°4'4"W
Eastings/Northings: 532395, 247660
OS Grid: TL323476
Mapcode Local: GBR K6W.MLQ
Mapcode Global: VHGN3.R6W7

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

Wendy in historic gazetteers

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

Wendy, par., Cambridgeshire, 5 miles NW. of Royston, 947 ac., pop. 136; P.O.

Wendy in the Domesday Book

A village in Arringford hundred, in the county of Cambridgeshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Edeva the fair
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, six; Edeva the fair
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Odo the chamberlain (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £6 in 1070; £8 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 5 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 ploughs
- Mills: 2, value £2 5/-
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Earl Algar
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Gode mother of Wulfric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hardwin of Scales
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alfred (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; 5 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 smallholders

British Place Names

Wendy, Cambridgeshire

Wendy is a hamlet in Cambridgeshire

Wendy in historic gazetteers

Wendy in the Domesday Book