Whitchurch

Other current and historical names

Wicherce

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°52'52"N 0°50'14"W
Eastings/Northings: 480122, 220926
OS Grid: SP801209
Mapcode Local: GBR C0S.529
Mapcode Global: VHDTR.FZN8

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

Whitchurch in historic gazetteers

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

Whitchurch.-- par. and vil., Bucks - par., 1718 ac., pop. 725; vil., 4 miles N. of Aylesbury; P.O., T.O.; traces of an ancient castle are in vicinity.

Whitchurch in the Domesday Book

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

- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brothers, two
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter Giffard
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Bolbec (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 8 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £8 in 1070; £8 in 1086
- Households: 14 villagers; 2 smallholders; 8 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 7 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 ploughs

British Place Names

Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire

Whitchurch is a village in Whitchurch , Buckinghamshire

Whitchurch in historic gazetteers

Whitchurch in the Domesday Book