Yarnton

Other current and historical names

Hardintone

Built-Up Area: Yarnton
Parish/Community: Yarnton
District/Borough: Cherwell
County: Oxfordshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°48'35"N 1°18'24"W
Eastings/Northings: 447885, 212593
OS Grid: SP478125
Mapcode Local: GBR 7WZ.DFQ
Mapcode Global: VHCXF.9RGX

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

Yarnton in historic gazetteers

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

Yarnton, par. and vil. with ry. sta. (Yarnton Junction), in co. and 4 miles NW. of Oxford, 1493 ac., pop. 279; in the churchyard is a curious Early English cross.

Yarnton in the Domesday Book

A village in Wootton hundred, in the county of Oxfordshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Maino; Bishop of Lincoln St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Lincoln
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Ivry (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 9 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £14 in 1086
- Households: 20 villagers; 3 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 7 men's ploughs (9 plough lands)
- Meadow: 180 acres
- Pasture: 80 acres
- Other resources: 1 fishery
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Ivry (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 1 smallholder

British Place Names

Yarnton, Oxfordshire

Yarnton is a village in Oxfordshire

Yarnton in historic gazetteers

Yarnton in the Domesday Book