Wytham

Other current and historical names

Witham
Winteham

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°46'30"N 1°18'43"W
Eastings/Northings: 447557, 208717
OS Grid: SP475087
Mapcode Local: GBR 7XB.R2N
Mapcode Global: VHCXM.6NP2

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

Wytham in historic gazetteers

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

Wytham.-- (or Witham), par. and vil., Berks, in N. of co.- par., 1165 ac., pop. 198; vil., 2½ miles NW. of Oxford; P.O. Wytham Abbey is the seat of the Earl of Abingdon. On Wytham Hill, in former times, stood a Saxon castle.

Wytham in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Abingdon St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Abingdon
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hubert (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 10/- in 1066; £2 10/- in 1070; £4 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 11 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 64 acres

British Place Names

Wytham, Oxfordshire

Wytham is a village in Oxfordshire

Wytham in historic gazetteers

Wytham in the Domesday Book