Wilden, Bedford

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Wilden is a village in Bedford

Other current and historical names

Wildene

Parish/Community: Wilden
Unitary Authority: Bedford
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°10'57"N 0°23'46"W
Eastings/Northings: 509747, 255028
OS Grid: TL097550
Mapcode Local: GBR H30.2NH
Mapcode Global: VHFQ3.2DWN

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

Wilden in historic gazetteers

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

Wilden, par. and vil., Bedfordshire, in N. of co.- par., 2160 ac., pop. 443; vil., 5 m. NE. of Bedford; P.O.

Wilden in the Domesday Book

A village in Barford hundred, in the county of Bedfordshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, twenty-four
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh nephew of Herbert son of Ivo (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £20 in 1066; £12 in 1070; £9 in 1086
- Households: 12 smallholders; 20 freemen; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 10 men's ploughs (16 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 ploughs
- Woodland: 6 pigs

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British Place Names

Wilden, Bedford

Wilden is a village in Bedford

Wilden in historic gazetteers

Wilden in the Domesday Book