Westwell

Other current and historical names

Westwelle

Parish/Community: Westwell
District/Borough: West Oxfordshire
County: Oxfordshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°47'17"N 1°40'26"W
Eastings/Northings: 422573, 210014
OS Grid: SP225100
Mapcode Local: GBR 5T0.X47
Mapcode Global: VHBZY.X9SY

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

Westwell in historic gazetteers

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

Westwell, par., Oxfordshire, in W. of co., 2 miles SW. of Burford, 1445 ac., pop. 136.

Westwell in the Domesday Book

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

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Edwin; Saewold of Waterstock; Aldwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter son of Poyntz
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter son of Poyntz
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1066; £7 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 3 smallholders; 8 slaves
- Plough Teams: 5 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (10 plough lands)
- Pasture: 8 furlongs

British Place Names

Westwell, Oxfordshire

Westwell is a village in Oxfordshire

Westwell in historic gazetteers

Westwell in the Domesday Book