Wollaston

Other current and historical names

Wilavestone

Built-Up Area: Wollaston
Parish/Community: Wollaston
District/Borough: Wellingborough
County: Northamptonshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°15'16"N 0°40'19"W
Eastings/Northings: 490752, 262643
OS Grid: SP907626
Mapcode Local: GBR DZ0.QXS
Mapcode Global: VHFPK.9LMK

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

Wollaston in historic gazetteers

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

Wollaston.-- par. and vil., Northamptonshire - par., 3640 ac., pop. 1510; vil., on river Nen, 2½ miles SW. of Wellingborough; P.O., T.O.

Wollaston in the Domesday Book

A village in Higham hundred, in the county of Northamptonshire.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thanes, four
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gunfrid of Chocques
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gunfrid of Chocques
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £10 in 1086
- Households: 22 villagers; 4 smallholders; 8 slaves; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs (10 plough lands)
- Meadow: 48 acres
- Mills: 1, value 5 shillings
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Stric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Corbelin (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 16 shillings in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 1 smallholder; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (3 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Meadow: 12 acres
- Mills: 1, value 6/7¼
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Waltheof
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Countess Judith
- Taxable Value: 1 geld

British Place Names

Wollaston, Northamptonshire

Wollaston is a village in Northamptonshire

Wollaston in historic gazetteers

Wollaston in the Domesday Book