Woolstone

Other current and historical names

Olvricestone

Parish/Community: Woolstone
District/Borough: Vale of White Horse
County: Oxfordshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°35'18"N 1°34'38"W
Eastings/Northings: 429371, 187819
OS Grid: SU293878
Mapcode Local: GBR 5WN.B0X
Mapcode Global: VHC0Z.LBXL

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

Woolstone in historic gazetteers

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

Woolstone.-- township, Uffington par., Berks, in W. of co., 6 miles S. of Faringdon, 2012 ac., pop. 201.

Woolstone in the Domesday Book

A village in Hildslow hundred, in the county of Berkshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of Winchester St Peter & St Swithun
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Winchester
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Ivry (subinfeudated); Bishop of Winchester
- Taxable Value: 20 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £16 in 1066; £12 in 1070; £21 in 1086
- Households: 12 villagers; 24 smallholders; 10 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 2 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (11 plough lands)
- Meadow: 150 acres
- Mills: 2, value 12/4¾

British Place Names

Woolstone, Oxfordshire

Woolstone is a village in Oxfordshire

Woolstone in historic gazetteers

Woolstone in the Domesday Book