Yatesbury

Other current and historical names

Yanesbury
Etesberie

Parish/Community: Cherhill
Unitary Authority: Wiltshire
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°26'39"N 1°54'22"W
Eastings/Northings: 406611, 171689
OS Grid: SU066716
Mapcode Local: GBR 3V9.JVD
Mapcode Global: VHB3X.XY2R

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

Yatesbury in historic gazetteers

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

Yatesbury, par., Wilts, 4½ miles E. of Calne, 1667 ac., pop. 211.

Yatesbury in the Domesday Book

A village in Calne hundred, in the county of Wiltshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwy son of Banna
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Alfred of 'Spain'
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alfred of 'Spain'
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1070; £4 in 1086
- Households: 7 smallholders; 2 slaves; 1 men-at-arm
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough (4 plough lands)
- Pasture: 20 acres

British Place Names

Yatesbury, Wiltshire

Yatesbury is a village in Wiltshire

Yatesbury in historic gazetteers

Yatesbury in the Domesday Book