Windrush

Other current and historical names

The Windrush
Windrush The
Wenric

Parish/Community: Windrush
District/Borough: Cotswold
County: Gloucestershire
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°48'57"N 1°43'15"W
Eastings/Northings: 419325, 213078
OS Grid: SP193130
Mapcode Local: GBR 4RF.3PF
Mapcode Global: VHBZR.3MZ6

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

Windrush in historic gazetteers

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

Windrush.-- river, Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire; rises among the Cotswolds at Ford, Gloucestershire, and flows SE. past Bourton on the Water, Windrush, Burford, Witney, and Standlake to the Thames at boundary of Berks; is 30 miles long.

Windrush in the Domesday Book

A village in Barrington hundred, in the county of Gloucestershire.

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Tovi; Wulfric; Leofwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Winchecombe
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alsi of Faringdon (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 7 smallholders; 10 slaves
- Plough Teams: 5 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough
- Mills: 1.5, value 12/4¾
2nd Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Leofwin; Tovi; Wulfric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Alsi of Faringdon
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alsi of Faringdon
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £8 in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 7 smallholders; 10 slaves
- Plough Teams: 5 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough
- Mills: 1.5, value 12/4¾
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Lacy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £4 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 2 smallholders; 5 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Mills: 1, value 5 shillings
4th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godric, a royal thane
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Lacy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Lacy (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 3/12 in 1066; £1 3/12 in 1086
- Households: 2 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Mills: 1, value 3 shillings
5th Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ketil father of Edric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ketil father of Edric
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ketil father of Edric
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough

British Place Names

Windrush, Gloucestershire

Windrush is a village in Gloucestershire

Windrush in historic gazetteers

Windrush in the Domesday Book