Woodborough

Other current and historical names

Witeberge
Bottlesford

Parish/Community: Woodborough
Unitary Authority: Wiltshire
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°20'33"N 1°50'56"W
Eastings/Northings: 410619, 160410
OS Grid: SU106604
Mapcode Local: GBR 3WK.MCZ
Mapcode Global: VHB4J.WJX1

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

Woodborough in historic gazetteers

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

Woodborough, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Wilts - par., 1015 ac., pop. 397; vil., 3½ miles W. of Pewsey and 7 miles SE. of Devizes; P.O.

Woodborough in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Saewulf
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert son of Gerald
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Jocelyn (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 10 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1070; £10 in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 1 smallholder; 5 slaves; 11 other households
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 50 acres
- Woodland: 10 acres
- Pasture: 50 acres
- Mills: 1, value 12/4¾

British Place Names

Woodborough, Wiltshire

Woodborough is a village in Wiltshire

Woodborough in historic gazetteers

Woodborough in the Domesday Book