Swanbourne

Other current and historical names

Soeneborne
Soeneberne
Soeneberno
Soeneberie

Built-Up Area: Swanbourne
Parish/Community: Swanbourne
District/Borough: Aylesbury Vale
County: Buckinghamshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°56'17"N 0°50'11"W
Eastings/Northings: 480088, 227262
OS Grid: SP800272
Mapcode Local: GBR C00.KB7
Mapcode Global: VHDTK.GK53

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

Swanbourne in the Domesday Book

A village in Mursley hundred, in the county of Buckinghamshire.

Five manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Alward the noble
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Alwin; Alward the noble
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter Giffard
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 7 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £4 in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 5 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (7 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 ploughs
2nd Manor
- Overlords in 1066: King Edward; Earl Harold
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Brictwin, a royal thane; Almer of Wootton
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Almer of Wootton (subinfeudated); Ralph (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £6 in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers
- Meadow: 5 ploughs
3rd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Harold
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 5 ploughs
4th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Esger the constable
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Swein, Esger the constable's man
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 2 ploughs
5th Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Brictric of Waddesdon
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Oswy
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William son of Ansculf
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Payne of Hoggeston (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 2 shillings in 1066; 2 shillings in 1070; 2 shillings in 1086

British Place Names

Swanbourne, Buckinghamshire

Swanbourne is a village in Buckinghamshire

Swanbourne in historic gazetteers

Swanbourne in the Domesday Book