Sawston

Other current and historical names

Salston
Salsiton
Salsitone

Built-Up Area: Sawston
Parish/Community: Sawston
District/Borough: South Cambridgeshire
County: Cambridgeshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°7'21"N 0°10'11"E
Eastings/Northings: 548640, 249376
OS Grid: TL486493
Mapcode Local: GBR M9N.V0M
Mapcode Global: VHHKH.WXL3

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

Sawston in historic gazetteers

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

Sawston, par. and vil., Cambridgeshire - par., 1856 ac., pop. 1786; vil., 1 mile NE. of Whittlesford sta. and 7 miles SE. of Cambridge; P.O., T.O.; here are the Sawston Paper Mills; Sawston Hall, seat, is in vicinity of vil.

Sawston in the Domesday Book

A village in Whittlesford hundred, in the county of Cambridgeshire.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlords in 1066: Aelfric Kemp; King Edward
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, three; Aelfric Kemp
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eudo the steward
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Pirot of Wyboston (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £8 in 1070; £8 in 1086
- Households: 11 villagers; 6 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 5 ploughs
- Mills: 2, value £1 10/7¼
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Earl Harold
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ordgar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Grestain (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £6 in 1070; £6 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 3 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 3 ploughs
- Mills: 1, value £1 6/-
3rd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Esger the constable
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Sigar the steward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Sommery (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £5 in 1070; £5 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 4 smallholders; 1 slave
- Meadow: 2 ploughs
- Mills: 1, value £1 6/7¼

British Place Names

Sawston, Cambridgeshire

Sawston is a village in Cambridgeshire

Sawston in historic gazetteers

Sawston in the Domesday Book