Spelsbury

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Spelsbury is a village in Oxfordshire

Other current and historical names

Spilsbury
Spelesberie

Parish/Community: Spelsbury
District/Borough: West Oxfordshire
County: Oxfordshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°53'32"N 1°29'34"W
Eastings/Northings: 434988, 221666
OS Grid: SP349216
Mapcode Local: GBR 6TF.7CM
Mapcode Global: VHBZH.2PKK

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

Spelsbury in historic gazetteers

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

Spelsbury, par. and vil., Oxfordshire, in NW. of co., 1½ mile NW. of Charlbury, 4304 ac., pop. 540.

Spelsbury in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of Worcester St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Worcester
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Urso of Abetot (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 10 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £10 in 1086
- Households: 25 villagers; 12 smallholders; 5 slaves
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 12 men's ploughs (16 plough lands)
- Meadow: 32 acres
- Woodland: 1 mixed measure
- Pasture: 10 acres
- Mills: 1, value 4 shillings

British Place Names

Spelsbury, Oxfordshire

Spelsbury is a village in Oxfordshire

Spelsbury in historic gazetteers

Spelsbury in the Domesday Book