Wolvey

Other current and historical names

Ulveia

Built-Up Area: Wolvey
Parish/Community: Wolvey
District/Borough: Rugby
County: Warwickshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°29'12"N 1°22'8"W
Eastings/Northings: 442940, 287830
OS Grid: SP429878
Mapcode Local: GBR 7MR.2P9
Mapcode Global: VHCT3.7R2K

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

Wolvey in historic gazetteers

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

Wolvey, par. and vil., Warwickshire - par., 3790 ac., pop. 783; vil., 4 miles S. of Hinckley; P.O.

Wolvey in the Domesday Book

A village in Bumbelowe hundred, in the county of Warwickshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Aelric son of Mergeat
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Vessey
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Vessey
- Taxable Value: 5 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £2 10/- in 1086
- Households: 15 villagers; 2 smallholders; 4 slaves; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 7 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 50 acres
- Pasture: ¹⁄₂ league

British Place Names

Wolvey, Warwickshire

Wolvey is a village in Warwickshire

Wolvey in historic gazetteers

Wolvey in the Domesday Book