Whittington

Other current and historical names

Windintun

Parish/Community: Norton Juxta Kempsey
District/Borough: Wychavon
County: Worcestershire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°9'50"N 2°9'54"W
Eastings/Northings: 388808, 251767
OS Grid: SO888517
Mapcode Local: GBR 1GL.CFQ
Mapcode Global: VH92V.FV8W

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

Whittington in historic gazetteers

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

Whittington, township and vil., Worcester St Peter par., Worcestershire - township, 989 ac., pop. 373; vil., 2½ miles SE. of Worcester; P.O.; in vicinity is Whittington Lodge, seat.

Whittington in the Domesday Book

A village in Oswaldslow hundred, in the county of Worcestershire.

- Overlord in 1066: Bishop of Worcester St Mary
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Worcester
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter Ponther (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 7 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 12 acres
- Woodland: 1 league
- Other resources: 1 fishery

British Place Names

Whittington, Worcestershire

Whittington is a village in Worcestershire

Whittington in historic gazetteers

Whittington in the Domesday Book