Wingfield

Other current and historical names

Winkfield
Winefel
Winkfield With Rowley

Built-Up Area: Wingfield
Parish/Community: Wingfield
Unitary Authority: East Dorset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°18'51"N 2°15'26"W
Eastings/Northings: 382154, 157270
OS Grid: ST821572
Mapcode Local: GBR 1SR.D44
Mapcode Global: VH971.T7F9

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

Wingfield in historic gazetteers

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

Winkfield with Rowley, par., Wilts, 2 miles SW. of Trowbridge, 1383 ac., pop. 354.

Wingfield in the Domesday Book

A village in Bradford hundred, in the county of Wiltshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Azur
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 10/- in 1070; £3 10/- in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 9 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 7 acres
- Woodland: 20 acres
- Pasture: 3 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value £1

British Place Names

Wingfield, East Dorset

Wingfield is a village in East Dorset

Wingfield in historic gazetteers

Wingfield in the Domesday Book