Whichford

Other current and historical names

Wicford

Parish/Community: Whichford
District/Borough: Stratford-on-Avon
County: Warwickshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°0'34"N 1°32'35"W
Eastings/Northings: 431450, 234680
OS Grid: SP314346
Mapcode Local: GBR 6RT.SS9
Mapcode Global: VHBYW.6RJ7

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

Whichford in historic gazetteers

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

Whichford, par. and township, Warwickshire, 5 miles N. of Chipping Norton - par., 3100 ac., pop. 593; township, pop. 404.

Whichford in the Domesday Book

A village in Barcheston hundred, in the county of Northamptonshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulf Fenman
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert of Ghent
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Armentières (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 15 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £20 in 1086
- Households: 33 villagers; 21 smallholders; 10 slaves
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 15 men's ploughs (19 plough lands)
- Meadow: 3 furlongs
- Woodland: 1 furlong
- Mills: 2, value 15 shillings

British Place Names

Whichford, Warwickshire

Whichford is a village in Warwickshire

Whichford in historic gazetteers

Whichford in the Domesday Book