Woodmancote

Other current and historical names

Odemanscote

Built-Up Area: Woodmancote
Parish/Community: Woodmancote
District/Borough: Horsham
County: West Sussex
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°55'0"N 0°14'42"W
Eastings/Northings: 523464, 114499
OS Grid: TQ234144
Mapcode Local: GBR JMT.JVN
Mapcode Global: FRA B6CP.BC6

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

Woodmancote in historic gazetteers

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

Woodmancote, par. and vil., Sussex - par., 2239 ac., pop. 347; vil., 4 miles SW. of Hurstpierpoint; in vicinity is Woodmancote Place, seat.

Woodmancote in the Domesday Book

A village in Henfield hundred, in the county of Sussex.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Countess Gytha of Wessex
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Braose
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: 1 man-at-arms (subinfeudated); William son of Ranulf (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 10/- in 1066; £3 10/- in 1070; £3 10/- in 1086
- Households: 17 villagers; 4 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 8 men's ploughs (9 plough lands)
- Meadow: 5 acres
- Woodland: 13 swine render
- Churches: 1

British Place Names

Woodmancote, West Sussex

Woodmancote is a village in West Sussex

Woodmancote in historic gazetteers

Woodmancote in the Domesday Book