Selborne

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Selborne is a village in Hampshire

Other current and historical names

Selbourne

Built-Up Area: Selborne
Parish/Community: Selborne
District/Borough: East Hampshire
County: Hampshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°5'46"N 0°56'25"W
Eastings/Northings: 474286, 133518
OS Grid: SU742335
Mapcode Local: GBR CB4.901
Mapcode Global: FRA 86X7.3DZ

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

Selborne in historic gazetteers

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

Selbourne, par. and vil., Hants - par., 7916 ac., pop. 1215; vil., 4 miles SE. of Alton; P.O.; Gilbert White (1720-1793), naturalist and antiquary, was a native.

Selborne in the Domesday Book

A village in Neatham hundred, in the county of Hampshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter son of Roger
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Herbert (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £2 in 1070; £3 10/- in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 2 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 1 acre
- Woodland: 3 swine render
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Queen Edith
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Radfred the priest (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 12/4¾ in 1066; 12/4¾ in 1070; 8/2½ in 1086

British Place Names

Selborne, Hampshire

Selborne is a village in Hampshire

Selborne in historic gazetteers

Selborne in the Domesday Book