Willian

Other current and historical names

Wilie

Built-Up Area: Letchworth Garden City
Parish/Community: North Hertfordshire, unparished area
District/Borough: North Hertfordshire
County: Hertfordshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Suburban Area

Latitude/Longitude: 51°57'41"N 0°13'2"W
Eastings/Northings: 522569, 230739
OS Grid: TL225307
Mapcode Local: GBR J72.ZTN
Mapcode Global: VHGNM.5YWL

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

Willian in historic gazetteers

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

Willian, par., Herts, in N. of co., 2½ miles E. of Hitchin, 1866 ac., pop. 266.

Willian in the Domesday Book

A village in Broadwater hundred, in the county of Hertfordshire.

- Overlords in 1066: Godwin of Benfield; Earl Leofwin; Almer of Bennington
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Widow, one; Leofric, Earl Leofwin's Guard; Freeman, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey of Bec
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Geoffrey of Bec
- Taxable Value: 5 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £12 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £10 13/12 in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 4 smallholders; 1 men-at-arm
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs (9 plough lands)
- Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough

British Place Names

Willian, Hertfordshire

Willian is a suburban area in Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire

Willian in historic gazetteers

Willian in the Domesday Book