Wicken

Other current and historical names

Wiche
Wicha

Built-Up Area: Wicken
Parish/Community: Wicken
District/Borough: South Northamptonshire
County: Northamptonshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°2'52"N 0°54'52"W
Eastings/Northings: 474528, 239390
OS Grid: SP745393
Mapcode Local: GBR BYK.HLL
Mapcode Global: VHDSY.3S9G

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

Wicken in historic gazetteers

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

Wicken, par. and vil., Northamptonshire - par., 2280 ac., pop. 408; vil., 3½ miles SW. of Stony Stratford; P.O.; in vicinity is Wicken Park, seat of Lord Penryn.

Wicken in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Azur son of Toti
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert d'Oilly
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Quesnay (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £5 in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 3 smallholders; 7 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (10 plough lands)
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Woodland: 11 furlongs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Siward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Mainou the Breton
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Mainou the Breton
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 1 smallholder; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 10 furlongs

British Place Names

Wicken, Northamptonshire

Wicken is a village in Wicken , Northamptonshire

Wicken in historic gazetteers

Wicken in the Domesday Book