Wimpole

Other current and historical names

Winepole
Winepol

Parish/Community: Wimpole
District/Borough: South Cambridgeshire
County: Cambridgeshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°7'51"N 0°1'55"W
Eastings/Northings: 534801, 249889
OS Grid: TL348498
Mapcode Local: GBR K6Q.BPV
Mapcode Global: VHGMY.DPDT

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

Wimpole in historic gazetteers

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

Wimpole, par., Cambridgeshire, in SW. of co., 7 miles N. of Royston, 2428 ac., pop. 355; contains Wimpole Hall, seat of the Earl of Hardwicke.

Wimpole in the Domesday Book

A village in Wetherley hundred, in the county of Cambridgeshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edeva the fair
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
- Taxable Value: 2 ⁵⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £6 in 1070; £7 in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 1 smallholder; 6 cottagers; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Gyrth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eudo the steward
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Humphrey of Anneville (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £5 in 1070; £5 in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 1 plough

British Place Names

Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

Wimpole is a village in Cambridgeshire

Wimpole in historic gazetteers

Wimpole in the Domesday Book