Westwick

Other current and historical names

Westuuiche

Parish/Community: Oakington and Westwick
District/Borough: South Cambridgeshire
County: Cambridgeshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°15'59"N 0°4'46"E
Eastings/Northings: 542003, 265188
OS Grid: TL420651
Mapcode Local: GBR L6G.WD5
Mapcode Global: VHHJW.B9CB

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

Westwick in historic gazetteers

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

Westwick.-- township, Oakington par., in co. and 5 miles NW. of Cambridge, 270 ac., pop. 84.

Westwick in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlords in 1066: King Edward; Abbey of Ely St Etheldreda
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Blaecwin the sheriff; Leofwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Picot of Cambridge
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Odo (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £3 10/- in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 1 smallholder
- Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; ¹⁄₂ men's plough (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 2 ploughs
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Earl Waltheof
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Guthmund, Earl Waltheof's man
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: David of Argentan
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert the usher (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Meadow: 1 plough

British Place Names

Westwick, Cambridgeshire

Westwick is a hamlet in Cambridgeshire

Westwick in historic gazetteers

Westwick in the Domesday Book