Wroxall

Other current and historical names

Warochesselle

Built-Up Area: Wroxall
Parish/Community: Wroxall
Unitary Authority: Isle of Wight
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°36'53"N 1°13'22"W
Eastings/Northings: 455074, 79739
OS Grid: SZ550797
Mapcode Local: GBR 9DX.9MM
Mapcode Global: FRA 87BF.TN6

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

Wroxall in historic gazetteers

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

Wroxall, vil. with ry. sta., in SE. of Isle of Wight, 1½ mile N. of Ventnor; P.O.

Wroxall in the Domesday Book

A village in Bowcombe hundred, in the county of Hampshire.

- Overlord in 1066: Earl Godwin
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Countess Gytha of Wessex
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £27 in 1066; £20 in 1070; £20 in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 24 smallholders; 17 slaves
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 7 men's ploughs (10 plough lands)
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Woodland: 1 swine render
- Mills: 2, value £1

British Place Names

Wroxall, Isle of Wight

Wroxall is a village in Isle of Wight

Wroxall in historic gazetteers

Wroxall in the Domesday Book