Checkendon

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Checkendon is a village in Oxfordshire

Other current and historical names

Checkenden
Chakenden
Cecadene

Parish/Community: Checkendon
District/Borough: South Oxfordshire
County: Oxfordshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°32'40"N 1°2'27"W
Eastings/Northings: 466602, 183275
OS Grid: SU666832
Mapcode Local: GBR B38.1ND
Mapcode Global: VHCYX.XF1V

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

Checkendon in historic gazetteers

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

Checkenden, par., SE. Oxfordshire, 7½ miles W. of Henley-on-Thames, 3077 ac., pop. 383; P.O.

Checkendon in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfred
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Alfred nephew of Wigot
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alfred nephew of Wigot
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £3 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 3 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (7 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 1 furlong

British Place Names

Checkendon, Oxfordshire

Checkendon is a village in Oxfordshire

Checkendon in historic gazetteers

Checkendon in the Domesday Book