Wingrave

Other current and historical names

Witungraue
Withungraue
Wingrave With Rowsham

Built-Up Area: Wingrave
Parish/Community: Wingrave with Rowsham
District/Borough: Aylesbury Vale
County: Buckinghamshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°51'54"N 0°44'31"W
Eastings/Northings: 486715, 219240
OS Grid: SP867192
Mapcode Local: GBR D2F.55N
Mapcode Global: VHDV0.3D14

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

Wingrave in the Domesday Book

A village in Cottesloe hundred, in the county of Buckinghamshire.

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Swein son of Azur
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gunfrid of Chocques
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Wibald (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 6 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £5 in 1070; £5 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 3 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 5 ploughs
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Queen Edith
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brictric of Waddesdon
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Miles Crispin
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Nigel (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £5 in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 2 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 5 ploughs
3rd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Brictric of Waddesdon
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Almer of Wootton
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Miles Crispin
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Almer of Wootton (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 3 ploughs
4th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Brictric of Waddesdon
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ordmer, Brictric's man
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alan of Whilton (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 1 smallholder
- Meadow: 1 plough
5th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Brictric of Waddesdon
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Lemar, Brictric's man
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Miles Crispin
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Turstin the priest (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 villager
- Meadow: ¹⁄₂ plough

British Place Names

Wingrave, Buckinghamshire

Wingrave is a village in Buckinghamshire

Wingrave in historic gazetteers

Wingrave in the Domesday Book