Westbury

Other current and historical names

Westberie

Built-Up Area: Westbury
Parish/Community: Westbury
District/Borough: Aylesbury Vale
County: Buckinghamshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°1'1"N 1°5'42"W
Eastings/Northings: 462195, 235808
OS Grid: SP621358
Mapcode Local: GBR 9XC.KY4
Mapcode Global: VHCWK.YKXG

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

Westbury in historic gazetteers

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

Westbury, par. and vil. (ry. sta. Fulwell and Westbury), Bucks, in NW. of co.- par., 2530 ac., pop. 417; vil., 2½ miles SE. of Brackley; P.O.; in vicinity is Westbury House, seat.

Westbury in the Domesday Book

A village in Stotfold hundred, in the county of Buckinghamshire.

- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alnoth the noble of Kent
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Ivry (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £2 10/- in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 3 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs (7 plough lands)
- Meadow: 5 ploughs
- Woodland: 250 pigs

British Place Names

Westbury, Buckinghamshire

Westbury is a village in Westbury , Buckinghamshire

Westbury in historic gazetteers

Westbury in the Domesday Book