Spratton

Other current and historical names

Spretone
Sprotone

Built-Up Area: Spratton
Parish/Community: Spratton
District/Borough: Daventry
County: Northamptonshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°19'29"N 0°56'52"W
Eastings/Northings: 471802, 270165
OS Grid: SP718701
Mapcode Local: GBR BV7.75M
Mapcode Global: VHDRK.JT7L

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

Spratton in historic gazetteers

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

Spratton, par., township, and vil. with ry. sta., in co. and 7 miles NW. of Northampton - par., 2810 ac., pop. 867; township, pop. 817; P.O.; in vicinity are Spratton House and Spratton Hill House, seats.

Spratton in the Domesday Book

A village in Spelhoe hundred, in the county of Northamptonshire.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Osmund
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: William (subinfeudated); Durand (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £3 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 6 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 3 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Mills: 1, value 6 shillings
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Rohais (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 1 villager; 8 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
- Mills: 1, value 5/2½
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfmer
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Bucy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1066; 5 shillings in 1086
- Households: 6 smallholders

British Place Names

Spratton, Northamptonshire

Spratton is a village in Northamptonshire

Spratton in historic gazetteers

Spratton in the Domesday Book

Photos of Spratton